mediant

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈmiːdɪənt/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(mē′dē ənt)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
me•di•ant  (mē′dē ənt),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Music and Dancethe third degree of a major or minor musical scale.
  • Late Latin mediant- (stem of mediāns), present participle of mediāre to be in the middle. See medium, -ant
  • Italian mediante
  • 1720–30

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mediant / ˈmiːdɪənt/
  1. the third degree of a major or minor scale
  2. (as modifier): a mediant chord
Etymology: 18th Century: from Italian mediante, from Late Latin mediāre to be in the middle
'mediant' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
mi - submediant

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