Unkeyed — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ʌŋkˈiːd/

🇬🇧British English

/ʌŋkˈiːd/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ʌŋkˈiːd/

2 syllables Say it as /ʌŋkˈiːd/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

atonal

Antonyms

tonal

Word Forms

atonality

noun

the absence of a key; alternative to the diatonic system

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unverschlüsselt

gekennzeichnet durch die Vermeidung traditioneller westlicher Tonalität

🇫🇷French

sans clé

caractérisé par l'évitement de la tonalité occidentale traditionnelle

🇪🇸Spanish

sin llave

caracterizado por evitar la tonalidad occidental tradicional

🇮🇹Italian

senza chiave

caratterizzato dall'evitamento della tradizionale tonalità occidentale

🇳🇱Dutch

ongesleuteld

gekenmerkt door het vermijden van traditionele westerse tonaliteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

descodificado

caracterizado por evitar a tonalidade ocidental tradicional

🇷🇺Russian

без ключа

характеризуется избеганием традиционной западной тональности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बिना चाबी वाला

पारंपरिक पश्चिमी रागिनी से परहेज़ की विशेषता

🇮🇳Tamil

கண்ணில்லாத

பாரம்பரிய மேற்கத்திய தொனியைத் தவிர்ப்பதன் மூலம் வகைப்படுத்தப்படுகிறது

🇮🇳Telugu

అంగీ లేని

సాంప్రదాయ పాశ్చాత్య టోనాలిటీని నివారించడం ద్వారా వర్గీకరించబడుతుంది

🇮🇳Marathi

उघडलेले

पारंपारिक पाश्चात्य टोनॅलिटी टाळण्याद्वारे वैशिष्ट्यीकृत

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೆಚ್ಚೆದೆಯ

ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಪಾಶ್ಚಿಮಾತ್ಯ ನಾದದ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳುವಿಕೆಯಿಂದ ನಿರೂಪಿಸಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿದೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കണ്ണില്ലാത്ത

പരമ്പരാഗത പാശ്ചാത്യ ടോണലിറ്റി ഒഴിവാക്കുന്നതാണ് സവിശേഷത

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖੋਲ੍ਹਿਆ

ਪਰੰਪਰਾਗਤ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਧੁਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਣ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਵਿਸ਼ੇਸ਼ਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

کھولا ہوا

روایتی مغربی لہجے سے اجتناب کی خصوصیت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

未加钥匙的

特点是回避传统的西方调性

🇯🇵Japanese

鍵なし

伝統的な西洋の調性を避けるのが特徴

🇰🇷Korean

키가 없는

전통적인 서구적 색조를 피하는 것이 특징

🇻🇳Vietnamese

đã mở khóa

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

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่ได้คีย์

โดดเด่นด้วยการหลีกเลี่ยงโทนเสียงแบบตะวันตกแบบดั้งเดิม

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak terkunci

ditandai dengan penghindaran nada suara tradisional barat

🇲🇾Malay

tidak berkunci

dicirikan oleh mengelakkan tonaliti barat tradisional

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

غير مرتبط

تتميز بتجنب النغمة الغربية التقليدية

🇮🇷Persian

بدون کلید

با اجتناب از تونالیته سنتی غربی مشخص می شود

🇹🇷Turkish

anahtarsız

geleneksel batı tonalitesinden kaçınmayla karakterize edilir

🇮🇱Hebrew

ללא מפתח

מאופיין בהימנעות מטונאליות מערבית מסורתית

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