tone mark

English

Noun

tone mark (plural tone marks)

1. (linguistics) A symbol used to indicate tones in tonal languages.

   Hypernym: diacritical mark

   Coordinate term: accent mark

Translations

tone mark

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲調符號／声调符号 (shēngdiào fúhào)

• Finnish: toonimerkki
• French: marque de ton f
• German: Tonzeichen (de) n
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 声調記号 (せいちょうきごう, seichō kigō)
• Khmer: តានា (taanaa)
• Lao: ວັນນະຍຸດ (wan na nyut)
• Portuguese: marca de tom f
• Russian: то́новый знак m (tónovyj znak)
• Spanish: marca de tono f
• Thai: วรรณยุกต์ (th) (wan-ná-yúk)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: dấu thanh điệu
• Yoruba: àmì ohùn

Further reading

• “tone mark” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.