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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