subdominant

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-der.

English sub-

Middle French dominantbor.

English dominant

English subdominant

From sub- + dominant.

Adjective

subdominant

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Derived terms

• immunosubdominant

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下屬音 / 下属音 (xiàshǔyīn)

• 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