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 |
Incoming links | |
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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