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1. (n.) intonation
the pattern or melody of pitch changes in connected speech, esp. the pitch pattern of a sentence, which distinguishes kinds of sentences or speakers of different language cultures.
2. intonation
the act or manner of intonating.
3. intonation
the ability to produce musical tones on pitch.
4. intonation
something that is intoned.
5. intonation
the opening phrase of a Gregorian chant.
Etymology: (< ML)
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| Definition of 'intonation' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) intonation, modulation, pitch contour
rise and fall of the voice pitch
2. (noun) intonation
singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong
3. (noun) intonation, chanting
the act of singing in a monotonous tone
4. (noun) intonation
the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations
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| Definition of 'intonation' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) intonation
a thundering; thunder
2. (noun) intonation
the act of sounding the tones of the musical scale
3. (noun) intonation
singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false
4. (noun) intonation
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. See Intone, v. t
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Sense: the rise and fall of the voice in speech.
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 Afrikaans: intonasie |
 Arabic: تَغَيُّر في حِدَّة الصَّو |
 Bulgarian: интонация |
 Brazilian: entoação |
 Czech: intonace |
 German: der Tonfall |
 Danish: intonation |
 Greek: επιτόνιση |
 Spanish: entonación |
 Estonian: intonatsioon |
 Farsi: آهنگ |
 Finnish: intonaatio |
 French: intonation |
 Hebrew: אִינטוֹנַציָה |
 Hindi: अनुतान |
 Croatian: intonacija |
 Hungarian: intonáció |
 Indonesian: intonasi |
 Icelandic: ítónun; hljómfall |
 Italian: intonazione |
 Japanese: 抑揚 |
 Korean: 음성의) 인토네이션, 억양, 음조 |
 Lithuanian: intonacija |
 Latvian: intonācija |
 Malay: intonasi |
 Dutch: intonatie |
 Norwegian: intonasjon |
 Polish: intonacja |
 Persian: آهنگ |
 Pashto: آواز |
 Portuguese: entoação |
 Romanian: intonaţie |
 Russian: интонация |
 Slovak: intonácia |
 Slovenian: intonacija |
 Serbian: intonacija |
 Swedish: intonation |
 Thai: การออกเสียงสูงต่ำ |
 Turkish: tonlama |
 Taiwanese: 音揚頓挫 |
 Ukrainian: інтонація; модуляція |
 Urdu: ترنّم |
 Vietnamese: ngữ điệu |
 Chinese: 语调，说话的抑扬顿挫 |
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