semitone Syllabification: (sem·i·tone)Pronunciation: /ˈsemēˌtōn, ˈsemˌī-/Translate semitone | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of semitone noun Music the smallest interval used in classical Western music, equal to a twelfth of an octave or half a tone; a half step. semitone in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of semitone in the British & World English dictionary
