Meanings
plural pentatonic scales
- entertainmentA scale having five notes per octave.
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Synonyms & antonyms
nouna gapped scale with five notes; usually the fourth and seventh notes of the diatonic scale are omitted
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 五聲音階 /五声音阶
- 五聲音階 /五声音阶 (wǔshēng yīnjiē)scale having five notes
Finnish pentatoninen asteikko, viisisävelinen asteikko
- pentatoninen asteikkoscale having five notes
- viisisävelinen asteikkoscale having five notes
Polish skala pentatoniczna
- skala pentatonicznascale having five notes
Portuguese escala pentatónica, escala pentatônica
- escala pentatónicascale having five notes
- escala pentatônicascale having five notes
Romanian gamă pentatonică
- gamă pentatonicăscale having five notes
Russian пентато́ника
- пентато́ника (pentatónika)scale having five notes
Slovak pentatonika
- pentatonikascale having five notes
Cite this entry
pentatonic scale. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentatonic%20scale
“pentatonic scale.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentatonic%20scale. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pentatonic scale,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pentatonic%20scale.
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