intonation
Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
The English word “intonation” has 5 meanings listed here.
noun
- The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
- Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
- A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
- Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
- 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.
Etymology
From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō.
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