Meanings
nounminor key (plural minor keys)
plural minor keys
- entertainmentA musical key based upon a minor scale.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 小調 /小调
- 小調 /小调 (xiǎodiào)music: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Finnish molli
- mollimusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
French mode mineur, tonalité mineure
- mode mineurmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
- tonalité mineuremusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
German Molltonart, Moll
- Molltonartmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
- Mollmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Hungarian moll hangnem
- moll hangnemmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Irish mionghléas
- mionghléasmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Japanese 短調
- 短調 (tanchō)music: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Korean 단조
- 단조 (danjo)music: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Polish tonacja molowa
- tonacja molowamusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Russian мино́рная тона́льность, мино́р
- мино́рная тона́льность (minórnaja tonálʹnostʹ)music: a musical key based upon a minor scale
- мино́р (minór)music: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Swedish molltonart, moll
- molltonartmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
- mollmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Welsh cywair lleddf
- cywair lleddfmusic: a musical key based upon a minor scale
Cite this entry
APA
minor key. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minor%20key
MLA
“minor key.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minor%20key. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “minor key,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/minor%20key.
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