atonal

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

atonality

Wikipedia

Etymology

From a- +‎ tonal.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtoʊnəl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /eɪˈtəʊnəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊnəl

Adjective

atonal (comparative more atonal, superlative most atonal)

1. (music) Lacking a tonal center or key.
2. (linguistics) Not tonal, lacking tones.

Derived terms

• atonalism
• atonalist
• atonality
• atonally

Translations

lacking a tonal center or key (music)

Catalan: atonal Chinese: Mandarin: 無調性的 / 无调性的 (wúdiàoxìng de) Danish: atonal Dutch: atonaal (nl) Finnish: atonaalinen (fi), sävellajiton French: atonal (fr) German: atonal Irish: atonúil Italian: atonale Polish: atonalny (pl) Portuguese: atonal (pt) Russian: атона́льный (ru) (atonálʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: а̏тона̄лан Roman: ȁtonālan (sh) Slovene: àtonálen Spanish: atonal Swedish: atonal (sv)

not tonal, lacking tones (linguistics)

Portuguese: atonal (pt) Russian: атона́льный (ru) (atonálʹnyj), бесто́новый (bestónovyj)

See also

• atonic

Danish

Etymology

From Latin atonalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atonaːl/, [ˈatˢoˌnæːˀl]

Adjective

atonal

1. (music) atonal

Inflection

Inflection of atonal

	positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	atonal	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	atonalt	—	—2
plural	atonale	—	—2
definite attributive1	atonale	—	—

¹ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
² The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Antonyms

• tonal

Derived terms

• atonalitet

Further reading

• atonal on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

atonal

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From a- +‎ tonal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tɔ.nal/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

  (file)

Adjective

atonal (feminine atonale, masculine plural atonals or atonaux, feminine plural atonales)

1. (music) atonal

Further reading

• “atonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Adjective

atonal (strong nominative masculine singular atonaler, not comparable)

1. (music) atonal

Declension

Positive forms of atonal (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist atonal	sie ist atonal	es ist atonal	sie sind atonal
strong declension (without article)	nominative	atonaler	atonale	atonales	atonale
	genitive	atonalen	atonaler	atonalen	atonaler
	dative	atonalem	atonaler	atonalem	atonalen
	accusative	atonalen	atonale	atonales	atonale
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der atonale	die atonale	das atonale	die atonalen
	genitive	des atonalen	der atonalen	des atonalen	der atonalen
	dative	dem atonalen	der atonalen	dem atonalen	den atonalen
	accusative	den atonalen	die atonale	das atonale	die atonalen
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein atonaler	eine atonale	ein atonales	(keine) atonalen
	genitive	eines atonalen	einer atonalen	eines atonalen	(keiner) atonalen
	dative	einem atonalen	einer atonalen	einem atonalen	(keinen) atonalen
	accusative	einen atonalen	eine atonale	ein atonales	(keine) atonalen

Further reading

• “atonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “atonal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “atonal” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ tonal.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.toˈnaw/ [a.toˈnaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tuˈnal/ [ɐ.tuˈnaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tuˈnal/ [ɐ.tuˈnaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.tuˈna.li/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -aw, (Portugal) -al
• Hyphenation: a‧to‧nal

Adjective

atonal m or f (plural atonais)

1. (music) atonal (lacking a tonal center or key)
2. (linguistics) atonal (lacking tones)

Derived terms

• atonalidade
• atonalismo
• atonalmente

Further reading

• “atonal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “atonal”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “atonal”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “atonal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French atonal. Equivalent to a- +‎ tonal.

Adjective

atonal m or n (feminine singular atonală, masculine plural atonali, feminine/neuter plural atonale)

1. atonal

Declension

Declension of atonal

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	atonal		atonală		atonali	atonale
	definite	atonalul		atonala		atonalii	atonalele
genitive- dative	indefinite	atonal		atonale		atonali	atonale
	definite	atonalului		atonalei		atonalilor	atonalelor

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ tonal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /atoˈnal/ [a.t̪oˈnal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧to‧nal

Adjective

atonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural atonales)

1. (music) atonal

Derived terms

• atonalidad

Further reading

• “atonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

Swedish

Adjective

atonal

1. (music) atonal