"polytonic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˌpɑliˈtɑnɪk/ [General-American], /ˌpɒliˈtɒnɪk/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: en-uk-polytonic.ogg [UK], en-us-polytonic.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒnɪk Etymology: From poly- + tonic. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|tonic}} poly- + tonic Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} polytonic
  1. Having several tones.
    Sense id: en-polytonic-en-adj-vcJZWT2J
  2. Having several tones.
    Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.
    Translations (Using the Greek system of diacritics): meertonig (Dutch), meertonige (Dutch), polytonique (French), πολυτονικός (polytonikós) [masculine] (Greek), politonico (Italian), politónico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-polytonic-en-adj-iJBEwNlw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with poly-, Greek Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 28 72 Disambiguation of Greek: 6 94 Disambiguation of 'Using the Greek system of diacritics': 2 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: polytonically Translations (having several tones): politònic (Catalan), vieltönig (German), polytonisch (German)
Disambiguation of 'having several tones': 50 50

Download JSON data for polytonic meaning in All languages combined (3.5kB)

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      "word": "politònic"
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      "sense": "having several tones",
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      "sense": "having several tones",
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      "sense": "Using the Greek system of diacritics",
      "word": "politónico"
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