intonation

in·to·na·tion  (nt-nshn, -t-)

n.

1.

a. The act of intoning or chanting.

b. An intoned utterance.

2. A manner of producing or uttering tones, especially with regard to accuracy of pitch.

3. Linguistics The use of changing pitch to convey syntactic information: a questioning intonation.

4. A use of pitch characteristic of a speaker or dialect: "He could hear authority, the old parish intonation coming back into his voice" Graham Greene.

5. Music The opening phrase of a plainsong composition sung as a solo part.

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into·nation·al adj.

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intonation

Noun

1. the sound pattern produced by variations in the voice

2. the act of intoning

3. Music the ability to play or sing in tune

intonational adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	intonation - rise and fall of the voice pitch pitch contour, modulation prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language intonation pattern - intonations characteristic of questions and requests and statements droning, monotone, drone - an unchanging intonation singsong - a regular and monotonous rising and falling intonation
	2.	intonation - singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music
	3.	intonation - the act of singing in a monotonous tone chanting singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music cantillation - liturgical chanting
	4.	intonation - the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations music - musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" fixed intonation - the intonation of keyboard instruments where the pitch of each note is fixed and cannot be varied by the performer

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intonation

noun 1. tone, inflection, cadence, modulation, accentuation

noun 2. incantation, spell, charm, formula, chant, invocation, hex U.S., Canad. (informal) conjuration

Translations

intonation [ɪntəuˈneɪʃən] n → entonación f

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intonation [ɪntəuˈneɪʃən] n → intonation f

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intonation [ɪntəuˈneɪʃən] n → Intonation f

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intonation [ɪntəuˈneɪʃən] n → intonazione f