Meanings
plural perfect pitches
- uncountableentertainmentThe ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.
Synonyms: absolute pitch · Antonyms: tone-deafness
- figurativelyuncountableBy extension, a reliable innate sense of exactly what is true, appropriate, or needed in a given particular situation.
Bujalski has perfect pitch: an instinct for how language meanders, and the lacunae it circles around.
2015, Sophia Nguyen, “Mumblecore's Maestro: The perfect pitch of filmmaker Andrew Bujalski”, in Harvard Magazine, September-October 2015 - countableuncommonuncountableentertainmentThe exact pitch of a note, described by its frequency in vibrations per second.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe ability to identify a note by name on hearing it, or to re-create a specified note from memory, without the benefit of an externally provided reference pitch.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe ability to identify the pitch of a tone
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Dutch absoluut gehoor, volmaakt gehoor
- absoluut gehoorability to identify or re-create a note
- volmaakt gehoorability to identify or re-create a note
Estonian absoluutne kuulmine
- absoluutne kuulmineability to identify or re-create a note
Finnish absoluuttinen sävelkorva
- absoluuttinen sävelkorvaability to identify or re-create a note
French oreille absolue
- oreille absolueability to identify or re-create a note
German absolutes Gehör, Tonhöhengedächtnis
- absolutes Gehörability to identify or re-create a note
- Tonhöhengedächtnisability to identify or re-create a note
Greek απόλυτο αυτί, απόλυτη ακοή
- απόλυτο αυτί (apólyto aftí)ability to identify or re-create a note
- απόλυτη ακοή (apólyti akoḯ)ability to identify or re-create a note
Norwegian Bokmål absolutt gehør
- absolutt gehørability to identify or re-create a note
Polish słuch absolutny
- słuch absolutnyability to identify or re-create a note
Romanian auz absolut, ureche muzicală absolută
- auz absolutability to identify or re-create a note
- ureche muzicală absolutăability to identify or re-create a note
Russian абсолю́тный слух
- абсолю́тный слух (absoljútnyj slux)ability to identify or re-create a note
Spanish oído absoluto
- oído absolutoability to identify or re-create a note
Swedish absolut gehör
- absolut gehörability to identify or re-create a note
Cite this entry
perfect pitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfect%20pitch
“perfect pitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfect%20pitch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perfect pitch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perfect%20pitch.
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