"toneless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more toneless [comparative], most toneless [superlative]
Etymology: tone + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tone|less}} tone + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} toneless (comparative more toneless, superlative most toneless)
  1. Lacking tone or expression. Translations (lacking tone or expression): глух (gluh) (Bulgarian), неизразителен (neizrazitelen) (Bulgarian), 單調的 (Chinese Mandarin), 单调的 (dāndiào de) (Chinese Mandarin), soinniton (Finnish), sävytön (Finnish), невырази́тельный (nevyrazítelʹnyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-toneless-en-adj-DsvLOFwY Disambiguation of 'lacking tone or expression': 75 10 15
  2. Lacking vitality; listless. Translations (lacking vitality; listless): eloton (Finnish), вя́лый (vjályj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-toneless-en-adj-1X6Mx4jY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 57 15 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 18 64 18 Disambiguation of 'lacking vitality; listless': 10 82 9
  3. (linguistics) Lacking tone or pitch, have the neutral tone. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-toneless-en-adj-Tb93sZxb Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tonelessly Translations (having no tone (in tonal languages)): беззвучен (bezzvučen) (Bulgarian), 缺乏聲調的 (Chinese Mandarin), 缺乏声调的 (quēfá shēngdiào de) (Chinese Mandarin), tooniton (Finnish)
Disambiguation of 'having no tone (in tonal languages)': 47 11 42

Download JSON data for toneless meaning in All languages combined (4.2kB)

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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "having no tone (in tonal languages)",
      "word": "缺乏聲調的"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "缺乏声调的"
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