subdominant

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ dominant.

Noun

subdominant (plural subdominants)

1. (music) The fourth tone of a scale.
2. (music) The triad built on the subdominant tone.

Related terms

• subdominance

Translations

fourth tone

• Finnish: aladominantti (fi), subdominantti (fi)
• Irish: focheannasach m
• Italian: sottodominante f
• Macedonian: субдоминанта f (subdominanta)
• Polish: subdominanta (pl) f
• Romanian: subdominantă (ro) f
• Russian: субдомина́нта (ru) f (subdominánta)
• Spanish: subdominante f