Meaning

2 senses
  1. Lacking a tonal center or key.

    atonal

    атона́льныйatonálʹnyj

  2. Not tonal, lacking tones.

    атона́льныйatonálʹnyj, бесто́новыйbestónovyj

More definitions
  • characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
lacking a tonal center or key (music):
not tonal, lacking tones (linguistics):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
lacking a tonal center or key (music):

Forms

more atonal, most atonal
Comparativemore atonal Lesson
Superlativemost atonal Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • characterized by avoidance of traditional western tonality:unkeyed

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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