tonos

English

Etymology

From the Modern Greek τόνος (tónos, “stress, accent”). Doublet of tone.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɒnɒs/

Noun

tonos (plural tonoi)

1. (orthography and typography) The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.

Usage notes

• The tonos is also used to distinguish some homographic monosyllables; for example: η (i), the feminine definite article, and ή (í), the conjunction “or”. In such cases, the tonos does not reflect a difference in stress.
• When combined with the dialytika, the tonos is written between that diacritic’s two dots, as: ⟨ ΅ ⟩.
• As a compromise of forms between the Ancient Greek oxia and baria, the tonos was designed as a vertical bar (similar to ⟨ ˈ ⟩, the IPA primary-stress marker); however, in most cases, it and the oxia both take the form of the Latin-script acute accent: ⟨ ´ ⟩.

Translations

Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic

• Greek: τόνος (el) m (tónos)

Anagrams

• Notos, ONTOS, Ontos, Soton, oonts, snoot, toons

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.noːs/, [ˈt̪ɔnoːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈto.nos/, [ˈt̪ɔːnos]

Noun

tonōs

1. accusative plural of tonus

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonos/ [ˈt̪o.nos]
• Rhymes: -onos
• Syllabification: to‧nos

Noun

tonos m pl

1. plural of tono