gamut

Meaning

1. A (normally) complete range.
2. All the notes in a musical scale.
3. All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

Synonyms

scale

range

gamma

price bracket

price range

spectrum

tapestry

musical scale

color gamut

graduated table

compass

🧭

ordered series

full scale

Translations

gamme

gama

gama

toonladder

Skala

palette

gamma

scala

Gamut

toonschaal

gamut

Tonskala

Farbskala

gamma

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɡæm.ət/

Etymology

1520s, original sense “lowest note of musical scale”, contraction of Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”). In modern terms, “G do” – the first note of the G scale. Meaning later extended to mean all the notes of a scale, and then more generally any complete range.