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tri-tone

tri-tone is the alternative form of tritone.

Meaning of tritone

Adjective

tritone (not comparable)

  1. Having three tones.
    • The first cotume^([sic]) in which Mrs. Earle appeared was a tritone dress of crepe, with a brown velour cloche and brown calf sling pumps.1950 October 15, “Local Matrons Smartly Model Clothes Here At Event By Junior League”, in The Greenville News, volume LXXVI, number 288, Greenville, S.C., page two
    Synonyms:
    tritoned

See all 3 meanings of tritone

Origin of tri-tone

From tri- + tone.

Questions about tri-tone

What is tri-tone the alternative form of?
Tri-tone is the alternative form of tritone.

Words near tri-tone in the dictionary

  1. tri-rotors
  2. tri-state
  3. tri-tiered
  4. tri-tip
  5. tri-tips
  6. tri-tone
  7. tri-toned
  8. tri-unitarianism
  9. tri-unity
  10. tri-v
  11. tri-vid

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tri-tone (page history and authors); tritone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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