semitom
Portuguese, noun/se.miˈtõ/
semitom is spelled S-E-M-I-T-O-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese, the 124,583rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semitom is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “semitone (interval between adjacent keys)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “menor intervalo utilizado na escala diatônica; corresponde à diferença de altura entre duas teclas adjacentes…”.
What does semitom mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesemitone (interval between adjacent keys)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. menor intervalo utilizado na escala diatônica; corresponde à diferença de altura entre duas teclas adjacentes do piano (uma branca e a preta adjacente, ou duas brancas quando não há uma preta entre elas)
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 semitom
- semitons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semitom?
- Brazil /se.miˈtõ/
- Portugal /sɨ.miˈtõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to semitom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is semitom in Portuguese?
semitom appears about once in every 17 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).