tonal
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -əʊnəl
[edit] Adjective
tonal (comparative more tonal, superlative most tonal)
- of or relating to tones or tonality
- (music) employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic
- (linguistics) employing differences in pitch to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words
