whole-tone scale in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for whole-tone scale in the English»French Dictionary

whole-tone scale N Am MUS

whole-tone scale

gamme f pentatonique

Translations for whole-tone scale in the English»French Dictionary

I.whole [Brit həʊl, Am hoʊl] N

1. whole (total unit):

whole

tout m

to consider the whole

considérer le tout or l'ensemble m

as a whole (not in separate parts)

en entier, en bloc

as a whole (overall)

dans l'ensemble

to sell sth as a whole

vendre qc en bloc

taken as a whole

pris dans l'ensemble

for the country as a whole

pour le pays dans son ensemble

this will benefit society as a whole

ceci profitera à l'ensemble de la société

Phrases:

the whole of (all of)

tout/-e

the whole of London is talking about it

tout Londres en parle

the whole of the weekend/morning

tout le week-end/toute la matinée

the whole of the time

tout le temps

the whole of August

tout le mois d'août

nearly the whole of Berlin was destroyed

Berlin a été presque entièrement détruit

II.whole [Brit həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADJ

1. whole:

whole (entire)

tout

whole (entire)

entier/-ière

whole (more emphatic)

tout entier/-ière

her whole attention

toute son attention

his whole body

tout son corps

to be aware of the whole person

être conscient de la personne sous tous ses aspects

his whole life

toute sa vie, sa vie entière

I've never been so insulted in my whole life!

de toute ma vie je n'ai jamais été insulté comme ça!

to search the whole country

chercher dans tout le pays or dans le pays tout entier

the whole world

le monde entier

the most beautiful city in the whole world

la plus belle ville du monde or qui existe au monde

for three whole weeks

pendant trois semaines entières

a whole hour

une heure entière

a whole day

toute une journée

whole cities were devastated

des villes entières ont été dévastées

she drank a whole bottle of gin

elle a bu toute une bouteille de gin

the whole story

toute l'histoire

the whole truth

toute la vérité

this doesn't give the whole picture

ceci ne dit pas tout

let's forget the whole thing!

oublions tout ça!

she made the whole thing up

elle a tout inventé

2. whole (emphatic use):

he looks a whole lot better

il a vraiment bien meilleure mine

she's a whole lot nicer

elle est vraiment beaucoup plus sympathique

there were a whole lot of them objects:

il y en avait tout un tas

there were a whole lot of them people:

il y en avait toute une bande

a whole lot of money

un tas d'argent inf

that goes for the whole lot of you!

ça s'applique à vous tous!

a whole new way of life

un mode de vie complètement différent

a whole new era

une époque complètement nouvelle

that's the whole point of the exercise

c'est tout l'intér êt de l'exercice

the whole idea is to do

toute l'idée est de faire

I find the whole idea absurd

je trouve cette idée complètement absurde

3. whole (intact):

whole

intact, complet/-ète

there wasn't a plate left whole

il n'y avait plus une assiette intacte

to make sb whole

guérir qn

III.whole [Brit həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADV

whole swallow, cook:

whole

tout entier

to swallow a story whole

gober une histoire

IV.on the whole ADV

on the whole

dans l'ensemble

on the whole I agree

dans l'ensemble je suis d'accord

the film is on the whole good

le film est bon dans l'ensemble

I.tone [Brit təʊn, Am toʊn] N

1. tone:

tone (quality of sound)

timbre m

tone (of radio, TV)

son m

2. tone (character of voice):

tone

ton m

his tone of voice

son ton

in a defiant tone

d'un ton provocant

don't speak to me in that tone (of voice)

ne me parle pas sur ce ton

in angry/serious tones

avec colère/avec sérieux

3. tone (character):

tone (of letter, speech, meeting)

ton m

to set the tone

donner le ton à (for à)

to lower the tone of conversation

rabaisser le niveau de

to lower the tone of area

dégrader l'image de

4. tone (colour):

tone

ton m

tone

couleur f

5. tone TELEC:

tone

tonalité f

6. tone PHYSIOL:

tone

tonus m

7. tone MUS (interval):

tone

ton m

8. tone LING:

tone

ton m

II.tone [Brit təʊn, Am toʊn] VB trans

1. tone PHYSIOL:

tone, a. tone up body, muscle, thigh

donner du tonus à, tonifier

2. tone (make firmer):

tone skin

tonifier

III.tone [Brit təʊn, Am toʊn] VB intr a. tone in (blend)

tone colours:

s'harmoniser (with avec)

I.scale [Brit skeɪl, Am skeɪl] N

1. scale (extent):

scale (of crisis, disaster, success, violence)

étendue f (of de)

scale (of reform, development, defeat, recession, task)

ampleur f (of de)

scale (of activity, operation)

envergure f (of de)

scale (of support, change)

degré m (of de)

on a large/small scale

à grande/petite échelle

on an unexpected/a modest scale

d'une ampleur inattendue/modeste

2. scale (grading system):

scale

échelle f

salary scale

échelle des salaires

scale of values

échelle de valeurs

at the other end of the scale

à l'autre bout de l'échelle

on a scale of 1 to 10

sur une échelle allant de 1 à 10

3. scale (for maps, models):

scale

échelle f

on a scale of 2 km to 1 cm

à une échelle de 1 cm pour 2 km

the model is out of or not to scale

la maquette n'est pas à l'échelle

4. scale (on thermometer, gauge etc):

scale

graduation f

5. scale (for weighing):

scale

balance f

6. scale MUS:

scale

gamme f

to play/sing a scale

faire/chanter une gamme

the scale of G

la gamme de sol

7. scale ZOOL (on fish, insect):

scale

écaille f

8. scale (deposit):

scale (in kettle, pipes)

calcaire m

scale (in kettle, pipes)

dépôt m calcaire

scale (on teeth)

tartre m

II.scales N

scales npl:

scales

balance f

III.scale [Brit skeɪl, Am skeɪl] VB trans

1. scale (climb):

scale wall, peak, tower

escalader

2. scale (take scales off):

scale fish

écailler

IV.scale [Brit skeɪl, Am skeɪl]

the scales fell from my eyes

tout d'un coup j'ai compris

whole-tone scale in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for whole-tone scale in the English»French Dictionary

whole-tone scale N

whole-tone scale

échelle f des fréquences musicales

Translations for whole-tone scale in the English»French Dictionary

I.tone [təʊn, Am toʊn] N

1. tone (sound):

tone

ton m

tone of instrument

timbre m

in a resigned tone of voice

avec un ton de voix résigné

2. tone (style):

tone

ton m

to lower the tone of the neighbourhood

faire baisser le standing du quartier

3. tone (shade of colour):

tone

ton m

4. tone no pl (healthy condition):

tone

tonicité f

muscle tone

tonus m musculaire

5. tone (difference in pitch):

tone

ton m

half tone

demi-ton m

6. tone (telephone noise):

tone

tonalité f

dial(ling) tone

tonalité

II.tone [təʊn, Am toʊn] VB trans (firm muscles)

tone

tonifier

I.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADJ

1. whole (entire):

whole

entier(-ère)

whole milk

lait m entier

the whole thing

le tout

2. whole (intact):

whole

entier(-ère)

3. whole inf:

it's a whole lot better

c'est vraiment beaucoup mieux

Phrases:

the whole (kit and) caboodle inf

tout le bazar

the whole enchilada Am

toute la panoplie

the whole shebang inf

tout le bataclan

to go (the) whole hog, to go the whole nine yards inf

aller jusqu'au bout

II.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] N

1. whole (complete thing):

whole

totalité f

as a whole

dans sa totalité

on the whole

dans l'ensemble

2. whole no pl:

the whole

le tout

the whole of Charleston

toute la ville de Charleston

III.whole [həʊl, Am hoʊl] ADV

whole new

tout(e) neuf(neuve)

I.scale¹ [skeɪl] N

1. scale ZOOL:

scale

écaille f

2. scale no pl (mineral coating):

scale

calcaire m

scale of a boiler, coffee machine, iron

tartre m

3. scale MED:

scale

plaque f dentaire

II.scale¹ [skeɪl] VB trans

scale

détartrer

I.scale² [skeɪl] N

1. scale (system of gradations) a. ECON:

scale

échelle f

scale of thermometer

graduation f

to be in scale

être à l'échelle

a sliding scale

une échelle mobile

on a large/small scale

à grande/petite échelle

2. scale:

scale(s) (weighing device)

balance f

a bathroom scale

un pèse-personne

3. scale no pl (great size):

scale

étendue f

advantages of scale

les avantages mpl du commerce de grande envergure

4. scale MUS:

scale

gamme f

practice scales

faire des gammes

Phrases:

to tip the scales

faire pencher la balance

II.scale² [skeɪl] VB trans

scale

escalader

to scale the heights of a profession fig

gravir les échelons d'une profession

III.scale² [skeɪl] VB intr ECON

scale

être en (phase d')expansion

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

While the overall atmosphere is restrained and devout in feeling, the harmony underpinning the music is experimental, including an extensive use of the whole-tone scale.

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Asymmetrical phrasing, whole-tone scales, and polytonality are foreign to music of the classical era.

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Its polyrhythmic melodies use whole-tone scales.

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The first movement is in sonata form, with a main theme based on the whole-tone scale.

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He employed tone clusters, angular fragments, whole-tone scales and bizarre moments of repetition, space and contrast.

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A rare alternate form is one in which each row of bars is arranged in a whole-tone scale, and the rows are a semitone apart.

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The chromatic and whole-tone scales, each containing only steps of uniform size, have only a single mode each, as any rotation of the sequence results in the same sequence.

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Due to this symmetry, the hexachord consisting of the whole-tone scale is not distinct under inversion or more than one transposition.

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In it, semitones alternate with whole tones, and the harmonic functions are comparable to those of the whole-tone scale.

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The whole-tone scale is also maximally even, for instance adjacent notes are separated only by whole-tones.

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