Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diatonicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-a-toni-cism
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The use of the diatonic scale.

Uncountable

Etymology

From diatonic + -ism.

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Questions

What does diatonicism mean?
The use of the diatonic scale.
Where does diatonicism come from?
From diatonic + -ism.

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