三さん全ぜん音おん

Similar words

• 増ぞう四よ度ど

  増四度 specifically refers to the augmented fourth, which is enharmonically equivalent to a tritone but named differently in music theory.

• 減げん五ご度ど

  減五度 is the diminished fifth, another enharmonic equivalent of the tritone, distinguished by its spelling in musical notation.

Etymology

Compound of 三 (three), 全 (whole), and 音 (tone), literally 'three whole tones'. A direct translation of the Western musical term 'tritone'.