átono

See also: atono and a tono

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.to.no/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tu.nu/

• Hyphenation: á‧to‧no

Adjective

átono (feminine átona, masculine plural átonos, feminine plural átonas)

1. (phonetics, of a phoneme or syllable) atonic; unaccented (pronounced without stress)

   Synonym: atónico

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈatono/ [ˈa.t̪o.no]
• Rhymes: -atono
• Syllabification: á‧to‧no

Adjective

átono (feminine átona, masculine plural átonos, feminine plural átonas)

1. (phonetics) atonic

   Synonym: inacentuado

   Antonyms: acentuado, tónico

Further reading

• “átono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014