intonation
See also: Intonation
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
intonation (countable and uncountable, plural intonations)
- (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
- Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
- Her intonation was false.
- Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
- A thundering; thunder.
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Related termsEdit
Terms related to intonation
TranslationsEdit
the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
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singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
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intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
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ReferencesEdit
- intonation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- intonation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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NounEdit
intonation f (plural intonations)
- intonation (all senses)