Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tetrachord

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: tetra-chord
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any set of four different pitch classes.

noun

A series of four sounds, forming a scale of two-and-a-half tones.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English chord English tetrachord From tetra- + chord.

Inflected Forms

tetrachords (plural)

Derived Forms

tetrachordal

Frequently Paired Words

interval dyad trichord hexachord tetrachordo

Questions

What does tetrachord mean?: Any set of four different pitch classes.
Where does tetrachord come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English chord English tetrachord From tetra- + chord.

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