intone
Betekenis (Engels)
- (transitive) To give tone or variety of tone to; to vocalize.
- (transitive) To utter with a musical or prolonged note or tone; to speak or recite with singing voice; to chant.
- (intransitive) To utter a tone; utter a protracted sound.
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Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/ɪnˈtoʊn/
Etymologie (Engels)
In summary
From Middle English entune, entone, from Old French entoner, from Medieval Latin intonō, from in- (inchoative prefix) + tonus (“pitch, tone”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); doublet of intonate. Cognate with French entonner, Italian intonare.
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