different between intoner vs intonation

English

Etymology

intone +? -er

Noun

intoner (plural intoners)

1. One who intones.

Anagrams

• nitrone, ternion

Latin

Verb

intoner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of inton?

English

Etymology

From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from inton? +? -ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?nt??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

intonation (countable and uncountable, plural intonations)

1. (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
2. The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale.
3. Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

   Her intonation was false.

4. Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.
5. A thundering; thunder.

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Related terms

Translations

References

• intonation in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• intonation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

French

Pronunciation

Noun

intonation f (plural intonations)

1. intonation (all senses)