επιτονισμός

Greek

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Etymology

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Learnedly from επι- (epi-) +‎ τόν(ος) (tón(os)) +‎ -ισμός (-ismós), a loose calque of French intonation.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /e.pi.to.niˈzmos/
  • Hyphenation: ε‧πι‧το‧νι‧σμός

Noun

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επιτονισμός (epitonismósm (plural επιτονισμοί)

  1. (linguistics) intonation

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ επιτονισμός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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