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Intonation Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Intonation has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

rise and fall of the voice pitch

2

singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong

3

the act of singing in a monotonous tone

4

the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations

5

The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

See Also
intonator intoner uptalk prolonged tone musical scale intonational intoningly
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
prosody singing music
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
intonation pattern monotone singsong cantillation fixed intonation
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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