intonation

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• /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T AH0 N EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَجْوِيد (tajwīd) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Arabic: تَرْتِيل (tartīl) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Arabic: تَنْغِيم (tanḡīm) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Asturian: entonación — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Azerbaijani: intonasiya — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Belarusian: інтана́цыя (intanácyja) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Bulgarian: интона́ция (intonácija) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Catalan: entonació — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 抑揚 /抑扬 (yìyáng) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 語調 /语调 (yǔdiào) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Chinese Mandarin: 腔調 /腔调 (qiāngdiào) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Czech: intonace — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Danish: intonation — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Dutch: intonatie — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Dutch: zinsmelodie — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Faroese: tónalag — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Finnish: intonaatio — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Finnish: sävelkulku — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• French: intonation — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Galician: entoación — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• German: Satzmelodie — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• German: Sprachmelodie — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• German: Intonation — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• German: Tongebung — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Greek: επιτονισμός (epitonismós) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Hebrew: אינטונציה — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Hungarian: intonáció — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Italian: intonazione — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Japanese: イントネーション (intonēshon) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Japanese: 抑揚 (yokuyō) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Japanese: 語調 (gochō) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Korean: 억양 (eogyang) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Korean: 인토네이션 (intoneisyeon) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Latvian: intonācija — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Macedonian: интонација (intonacija) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Malay: intonasi — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Māori: hā — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Eastern Mari: интонаций (intonacij) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Eastern Mari: ойсем (ojsem) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Norwegian: intonasjon — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Norwegian: tonefall — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Persian: آهنگ جمله (âhang-e jomle) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Persian: آهنگ (âhang) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Polish: intonacja — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Portuguese: entonação — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Russian: интона́ция (intonácija) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: интонација — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Serbo-Croatian: intonacija — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Slovak: intonácia — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Slovene: intonacija — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Spanish: entonación — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Swahili: kiimbo — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Swedish: intonation — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Tajik: оҳанг (ohang) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Tajik: интонатсия (intonatsiya) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Thai: ทํานองเสียง (tam-nɔɔng-sǐiang) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Turkish: tonlama — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Turkish: entonasyon — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Ukrainian: інтона́ція (intonácija) — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Vietnamese: ngữ điệu — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• Vietnamese: sự ngâm nga — the rise and fall of the voice in speaking
• German: Intonation — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• German: Intonierung — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• German: Tongebung — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• German: Ansatz — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• German: Tonhöhenfeinabstimmung — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• Eastern Mari: интонаций (intonacij) — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• Eastern Mari: ойсем (ojsem) — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• Polish: intonacja — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• Spanish: melopeya — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• Spanish: melopea — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• Ukrainian: інтона́ція (intonácija) — singing or playing in good tune or otherwise
• Bulgarian: речитатив (rečitativ) — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
• German: Intonation — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
• German: Vorsingen der Anfangsworte — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
• Eastern Mari: интонаций (intonacij) — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
• Eastern Mari: ойсем (ojsem) — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
• Polish: intonacja — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
• Spanish: melopeya — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice
• Spanish: melopea — intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice