intonation
See also: Intonation
English
Etymology
From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō. Template:wiki
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Bailey to this entry?)
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Translations
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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References
- “intonation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “intonation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
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Noun
intonation f (plural intonations)
- intonation (all senses)
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