entonação — meaning in English
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English meaning
- inflection noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- intonation noun The rise and fall of the voice in speech, which conveys meaning, mood, or whether a sentence is a statement or a question.
Senses
entonação is used for these senses in English:
- inflection A change in pitch or tone of voice.
- intonation (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
inflection — full definition
- noun The linguistic phenomenon of morphological variation, whereby terms take a number of distinct forms in order to express different grammatical features.
- noun Any specific type of morphological variation, which applies to a given class of terms.
- noun An affix representing a given variation.
- noun Any specific morphological form of a particular term, such as the principal parts for any given stem; any of the declined or conjugated forms that constitute its declension or conjugation.
intonation — full definition
- noun The rise and fall of the voice in speech, which conveys meaning, mood, or whether a sentence is a statement or a question.
- noun Accuracy of pitch when singing or playing an instrument.