semitone

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Noun

semitone (plural semitones)

1. (music) The musical interval equal (exactly or approximately) to half a tone or one-twelfth of an octave
2. (music) Any of the pitches of the chromatic scale

Synonyms

• half-step

Translations

• French: demi-ton
• Italian: semitono
• Portuguese: semitom, meio-tom
• Russian: полуто́н
• Spanish: semitono

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