Atonal — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈɑːɹdɪŋ/

🇬🇧British English

/eɪtˈəʊnəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/eɪtˈəʊnəl/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈɑːɹdɪŋ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

unkeyed

Antonyms

tonal

Word Forms

atonality

noun

the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system

Around the World

Europe

🇮🇹Italian

atonale

caratterizzato dall'evitamento della tradizionale tonalità occidentale

🇳🇱Dutch

atonaal

gekenmerkt door het vermijden van traditionele westerse tonaliteit

🇷🇺Russian

атональный

характеризуется избеганием традиционной западной тональности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

आटोनल

पारंपरिक पश्चिमी रागिनी से परहेज़ की विशेषता

🇮🇳Tamil

அடோனல்

பாரம்பரிய மேற்கத்திய தொனியைத் தவிர்ப்பதன் மூலம் வகைப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

అటోనల్

సాంప్రదాయ పాశ్చాత్య టోనాలిటీని నివారించడం ద్వారా వర్గీకరించబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

अटोनल

पारंपारिक पाश्चात्य टोनॅलिटी टाळण्याद्वारे वैशिष्ट्यीकृत

🇮🇳Gujarati

એટોનલ

પરંપરાગત પશ્ચિમી ટોનલિટીના અવગણના દ્વારા વર્ગીકૃત થયેલ છે

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಟೋನಲ್

ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಪಾಶ್ಚಿಮಾತ್ಯ ನಾದದ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അറ്റോണൽ

പരമ്പരാഗത പാശ്ചാത്യ ടോണലിറ്റി ഒഴിവാക്കുന്നതാണ് സവിശേഷത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਟੋਨਲ

ਪਰੰਪਰਾਗਤ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਧੁਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਣ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无调性的

特点是回避传统的西方调性

🇯🇵Japanese

無調

伝統的な西洋の調性を避けるのが特徴

🇰🇷Korean

무조의

전통적인 서구적 색조를 피하는 것이 특징

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khác thường

đặc trưng bởi việc tránh giọng điệu truyền thống của phương Tây

🇹🇭Thai

อะโทนัล

โดดเด่นด้วยการหลีกเลี่ยงโทนเสียงแบบตะวันตกแบบดั้งเดิม

🇮🇩Indonesian

tanpa nada

ditandai dengan penghindaran nada suara tradisional barat

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كفري

تتميز بتجنب النغمة الغربية التقليدية

🇮🇷Persian

آتونال

با اجتناب از تونالیته سنتی غربی مشخص می شود

🇮🇱Hebrew

אטונלי

מאופיין בהימנעות מטונאליות מערבית מסורתית

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