suprasegmental
English
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editNoun
editsuprasegmental (plural suprasegmentals)
- (phonetics) An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.
Adjective
editsuprasegmental (not comparable)
- Of or relating to a suprasegmental.
- 1984, John DeFrancis, The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy (nonfiction), University of Hawaii Press, page 42:
- There are two kinds of phonemes in Chinese: segmental phonemes, which may be thought of as sequential sounds, and suprasegmental phonemes or tones, which in a sense are added to the syllable as a whole.
- More than a segment.
Cebuano
editEtymology
editFrom English suprasegmental.
Noun
editsuprasegmental
- (phonetics) a suprasegmental
Adjective
editsuprasegmental
- of or relating to a suprasegmental
Spanish
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editsuprasegmental m or f (masculine and feminine plural suprasegmentales)
Further reading
edit- “suprasegmental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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