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sem·i·tone Audio Help (sěm'ē-tōn', sěm'ī-) Pronunciation Key
n. Music
An interval equal to a half tone in the standard diatonic scale. Also called half step, halftone.

sem'i·to'nal adj., sem'i·to'nal·ly adv.

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semitone
noun
the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument

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semitone [ˈsemitəun] noun

half a tone in the musical scale
Example: F sharp is a semitone above F natural.

Arabic:	نِصْف دَرَجَة في السُّلَّم الموسيقي
Chinese (Simplified):	半音
Chinese (Traditional):	半音
Czech:	půltón
Danish:	halvtone
Dutch:	halve toon
Estonian:	pooltoon
Finnish:	puoliaskel
French:	demi-ton
German:	der Halbton
Greek:	ημιτόνιο (μουσ.)
Hungarian:	félhang
Icelandic:	hálftónn
Indonesian:	setengah nada
Italian:	semitono

Japanese:	半音
Korean:	반음(정)
Latvian:	pustonis
Lithuanian:	pustonis
Norwegian:	halvtone
Polish:	półton
Portuguese (Brazil):	semitom
Portuguese (Portugal):	semitom
Romanian:	semiton
Russian:	полутон
Slovak:	poltón
Slovenian:	polton
Spanish:	semitono
Swedish:	halvton
Turkish:	yarım ton