intonation

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
2. (countable, uncountable) Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
3. (countable, uncountable) A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
4. (countable, uncountable) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Concepts

intonation

inflexion

mélodie

modulation

prosodie

intonatif

accent

d'intonation

Synonymes

tone

modulation

accent

tune

pitch

cadence

tonality

inflection

sound

🔉

melody

rhythm

chanting

timbre

pitch contour

prosodic

prosody

resonance

speech

strain

ton

tuna

twang

utterance

cadency

stress

melodic accent

meaning

musical accent

accentuation

beat

enunciation

exordium

harmony

ictus

intoning

lilt

noise

note

peal

pitch accent

pronunciation

Traductions

Intonation

intonazione

entonación

entonació

Tonfall

entonação

entonamiento

intonatie

şive

tonlama

τονισμός

Melodie

seslem

Prosodie

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪntəˈneɪʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō.