tone#2 (n)

n04986883

type n
lex_filenum 07
def (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
examples the Beijing dialect uses four tones
Outgoing links
Hypernym pitch
Domain of synset - TOPIC linguistics
Derivationally related form tone → tonal
Derivationally related form tone → tonic; tone → tone; tone → intonate
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Derivationally related form tonal → tone
Pertainym (pertains to noun) tonal → tone
Derivationally related form tonic → tone; tone → tone; intonate → tone
Pertainym (pertains to noun) tonic → tone
Hyponym pitch
Member of this domain - TOPIC linguistics

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