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sointi — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cadence noun A rhythmic flow or beat, especially in speech, music, or movement.
  • clang verb To make (or produce) a loud, ringing metallic sound.
  • ring noun A small circular band, often worn on a finger as jewelry.
  • tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.
  • voice noun The sound a person produces when speaking or singing.
  • voicing noun The final regulation of the pitch and tone of any sound-producing entity, especially of an organ or similar musical instrument.

Senses

sointi is used for these senses in English:

  • cadence The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
  • clang Quality of tone.
  • tone (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
  • voice (grammar) A particular way of inflecting or conjugating verbs, or a particular form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.
  • voicing (phonetics, phonology) A classification of speech sounds that tend to be associated with vocal cord vibration.

cadence — full definition

  1. noun A rhythmic flow or beat, especially in speech, music, or movement.
  2. noun (music) A sequence of chords that brings a musical phrase or piece to a close.
  3. noun (cycling) The rate at which a cyclist pedals, measured in revolutions per minute.

clang — full definition

  1. verb To make (or produce) a loud, ringing metallic sound.
  2. intj Used to represent a loud metallic ringing sound.

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