different between gradation vs apophony
gradation
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gradation.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????de???n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /????de???n/, /???e??de???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
gradation (countable and uncountable, plural gradations)
- A sequence of gradual, successive stages; a systematic progression.
- A passing by small degrees from one tone or shade, as of color, to another.
- Synonym: nuance
- The act of gradating or arranging in grades.
- Any degree or relative position in an order or series.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- the several gradations of the intelligent universe
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- (countable) A calibration marking.
- (music) A gradual change within one parameter, or an overlapping of two blocks of sound.
- (music) A diatonic succession of chords.
- (phonetics) Apophony.
Translations
Verb
gradation (third-person singular simple present gradations, present participle gradationing, simple past and past participle gradationed)
- (transitive) To form with gradations.
See also
- graduation
References
- DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ?ISBN.
Anagrams
- adorating, indagator, tanagroid
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grad?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a.da.sj??/
Noun
gradation f (plural gradations)
- gradation
Usage notes
Not to be confused with graduation.
References
- “gradation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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apophony
English
Etymology
From French apophonie, from French apo- + Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?, “sound”), after Ancient Greek ???- (apo-, “away, from, off”) +? ???? (ph?n?, “sound”).
Noun
apophony (countable and uncountable, plural apophonies)
- (phonetics) Alternation of sounds within a word that indicates grammatical information (often inflectional).
Synonyms
- ablaut
- gradation
- stem mutation
Translations
See also
- apophony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
apophony From the web:
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