Definitions For Tritone

Noun

TRITONE (plural TRITONEs) (music) An interval of three whole tones. : The tritone has a pitch ratio close to 17:12.

Synonyms

devil's interval

Abbreviations

tt

Derived terms

semitritone

See also

augmented fourth diminished fifth

Translations

Chinese: : Cantonese: 三全音 (saam1 cyun4 jam1) : Mandarin: 三全音 (sānquányīn) Czech: tritón, m French: triton, m Italian: tritono, m Portuguese: trítono, m Romanian: triton, n Russian: трито́н, m Spanish: {{t-needed, es}}

Etymology

tri + tone

Is Tritone a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
7
Words with Friends
8

The word Tritone is worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends

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