àton

Meaning

unstressed

Concepts

atonic

accentless

Opposite of

tònic

Translations

átono

ατονικός

atone

😑

unbetont

atone

aksansız

inaccentué

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈa.tun]

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek: ἄτονος

In summary

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).