meio-tom

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈtõ/ [ˌmeɪ̯.uˈtõ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.oˈtõ/ [ˌmeɪ̯.oˈtõ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmɐj.uˈtõ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈtõ/
- (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌmej.uˈtõ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌme.uˈtõ/

Hyphenation: mei‧o‧tom

Noun

meio-tom m (plural meios-tons)

(music) semitone (interval between adjacent keys)
Synonym: semitom

Further reading

“meio-tom”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“meio-tom”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026