Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

devil in music

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.27 in modern English

Syllables
dev-il in -mu-sic
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The tritone.

Informal

Etymology

Calque of Latin diabolus in mūsicā.

Usage

Synonyms

devil's interval

Questions

What does devil in music mean?
The tritone.
Where does devil in music come from?
Calque of Latin diabolus in mūsicā.

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