atonal
Portuguese, adjective/a.toˈnaw/
atonal is spelled A-T-O-N-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese, the 169,452nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Atonal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “atonal (lacking a tonal center or key)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não possui tonalidade definida”.
What does atonal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineatonal (lacking a tonal center or key)
- 2
femininemasculineatonal (lacking tones)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não possui tonalidade definida
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of atonal
- atonais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce atonal?
- Brazil /a.toˈnaw/
- Brazil [a.toˈnaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɐ.tuˈnal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to atonal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is atonal in Portuguese?
atonal appears about once in every 35 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).