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sous-dominante

French, noun\su.dɔ.mi.nɑ̃t\

sous-dominante is a French feminine noun meaning “subdominant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Quatrième note d’une gamme diatonique, celle qui est au-dessous de la dominante, qui fait la quarte au-dessus…”.

What does sous-dominante mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesubdominant

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Quatrième note d’une gamme diatonique, celle qui est au-dessous de la dominante, qui fait la quarte au-dessus de la tonique.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of sous-dominante

  • sous-dominantes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sous-dominante?

  • \su.dɔ.mi.nɑ̃t\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.