"intonation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-intonation.wav Forms: intonations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|intonation}} French intonation, {{der|en|ML.|intonatio}} Medieval Latin intonatio, {{suf|la|intonō|tiō|nocat=1}} intonō + -tiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} intonation (countable and uncountable, plural intonations)
  1. (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking): تَجْوِيد (tajwīd) [masculine] (Arabic), تَرْتِيل (tartīl) [masculine] (Arabic), تَنْغِيم (tanḡīm) [masculine] (Arabic), entonación [feminine] (Asturian), intonasiya (Azerbaijani), інтана́цыя (intanácyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), интона́ция (intonácija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), entonació [feminine] (Catalan), 抑揚 (Chinese Mandarin), 抑扬 (yìyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 語調 (Chinese Mandarin), 语调 (yǔdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), 腔調 (Chinese Mandarin), 腔调 (qiāngdiào) (Chinese Mandarin), intonace [feminine] (Czech), intonation [common-gender] (Danish), intonatie [feminine] (Dutch), zinsmelodie [feminine] (Dutch), интонаций (intonacij) (Eastern Mari), ойсем (ojsem) (Eastern Mari), tónalag [neuter] (Faroese), intonaatio (Finnish), sävelkulku (Finnish), intonation [feminine] (French), entoación [feminine] (Galician), Satzmelodie [feminine] (German), Sprachmelodie [feminine] (German), Intonation [feminine] (German), Tongebung [feminine] (German), επιτονισμός (epitonismós) [masculine] (Greek), אינטונציה (Hebrew), intonáció (Hungarian), intonazione [feminine] (Italian), イントネーション (intonēshon) (Japanese), 抑揚 (yokuyō) (alt: よくよう) (Japanese), 語調 (gochō) (alt: ごちょう) (Japanese), 억양 (eogyang) (alt: 抑揚) (Korean), 인토네이션 (intoneisyeon) (Korean), intonācija [feminine] (Latvian), интонација (intonacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), intonasi (Malay), (Maori), intonasjon (Norwegian), tonefall (Norwegian), آهنگ جمله (âhang-e jomle) (Persian), آهنگ (âhang) (Persian), intonacja [feminine] (Polish), entonação [feminine] (Portuguese), интона́ция (intonácija) [feminine] (Russian), интонација [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), intonacija [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), intonácia [feminine] (Slovak), intonacija [feminine] (Slovene), entonación [feminine] (Spanish), kiimbo (Swahili), intonation (Swedish), оҳанг (ohang) (Tajik), интонатсия (intonatsiya) (Tajik), ทำนองเสียง (tam-nɔɔng-sǐiang) (Thai), tonlama (Turkish), entonasyon (Turkish), інтона́ція (intonácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), ngữ điệu (Vietnamese), sự ngâm nga (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-intonation-en-noun-~KddzTHY Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'the rise and fall of the voice in speaking': 88 4 1 3 4
  2. Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-intonation-en-noun-crnnY38F
  3. A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-intonation-en-noun-5Nk7tT5S
  4. Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise): интонаций (intonacij) (Eastern Mari), ойсем (ojsem) (Eastern Mari), Intonation [feminine] (German), Intonierung [feminine] (German), Tongebung [feminine] (German), Ansatz [masculine] (German), Tonhöhenfeinabstimmung [feminine] (German), intonacja [feminine] (Polish), інтона́ція (intonácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-intonation-en-noun-vRJZdLij Disambiguation of 'singing or playing in good tune or otherwise': 3 3 2 85 8
  5. 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice): речитатив (rečitativ) [masculine] (Bulgarian), интонаций (intonacij) (Eastern Mari), ойсем (ojsem) (Eastern Mari), Intonation [feminine] (German), Vorsingen der Anfangsworte [neuter] (German), intonacja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-intonation-en-noun-Vlys8wpI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Eastern Mari translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tajik translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 17 14 14 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 17 10 11 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 12 16 11 12 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 13 9 10 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 21 13 8 18 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 14 17 10 14 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 14 17 10 14 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 16 8 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 14 9 17 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 16 23 12 15 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 13 11 7 15 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 12 19 12 12 46 Disambiguation of Terms with Eastern Mari translations: 12 8 7 11 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 15 9 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 18 11 12 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 17 15 9 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 11 17 11 11 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 24 15 8 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 15 13 9 21 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 19 15 12 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 13 11 10 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 14 11 10 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 17 15 9 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 18 12 16 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 17 15 9 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 17 15 9 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 15 23 8 15 38 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 12 14 14 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 13 11 10 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 17 14 13 15 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 15 10 10 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 15 12 10 15 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 17 15 8 17 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Tajik translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 18 13 12 17 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 17 15 8 17 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 17 15 9 17 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 17 14 13 16 41 Disambiguation of 'intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice': 5 4 3 12 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: intonation unit, just intonation Related terms: intonable, intonate, intonational, intonationally, intonator, intone, intoner

Inflected forms

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          "word": "تَنْغِيم"
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          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "entonación"
        },
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          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "intonasiya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "intanácyja",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "інтана́цыя"
        },
        {
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "intonácija",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "интона́ция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "entonació"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "抑揚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yìyáng",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "抑扬"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "語調"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yǔdiào",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "语调"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "腔調"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qiāngdiào",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "腔调"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intonace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intonatie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zinsmelodie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "tónalag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "intonaatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "sävelkulku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intonation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "entoación"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Satzmelodie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sprachmelodie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Intonation"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Tongebung"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "epitonismós",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "επιτονισμός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "אינטונציה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "intonáció"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intonazione"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "intonēshon",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "イントネーション"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "alt": "よくよう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "yokuyō",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "抑揚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "alt": "ごちょう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gochō",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "語調"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "alt": "抑揚",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eogyang",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "억양"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "intoneisyeon",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "인토네이션"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intonācija"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "intonacija",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "интонација"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "intonasi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "hā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "intonacij",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "интонаций"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "ojsem",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "ойсем"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "intonasjon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "tonefall"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âhang-e jomle",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "آهنگ جمله"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âhang",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "word": "آهنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "intonacja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "entonação"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "intonácija",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "интона́ция"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "88 4 1 3 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "интонација"
        },
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    {
      "word": "intonate"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonational"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonationally"
    },
    {
      "word": "intonator"
    },
    {
      "word": "intone"
    },
    {
      "word": "intoner"
    }
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        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
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        "The rise and fall of the voice in speaking."
      ],
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        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ]
      ],
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        "(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 210:",
          "text": "She well knew the power of intonation, and thought that, in the absence of the curled lip, the contemptuous twitch of the nose, and the supercilious toss of the head, her message might be acceptable for Louisa's sake,...",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech."
      ],
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          "stress",
          "stress"
        ],
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          "speech",
          "speech"
        ]
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1805, Titus Lucretius Carus, The nature of things: a didactic poem:",
          "text": "This additional cause of the intonation of thunder, together with the simile with which it is illustrated, is copied from our poet, both by Pliny, Nat. Hist. ii, 431, and Isidorus, Orig. xiii.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1808, Richard Cumberland, The Exodiad: A Poem, page 375:",
          "text": "As when sulphureous fires, within the caves\nOf earth long pent, with intonation loud\nBurst through the riven rocks, and far as eye\nCan reach their furious devastation spread,\nSo sudden, so resistless was the force\nOf this blasphemer's bold appeal to arms.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1824, Sir James Bland Burges afterwards Lamb, The Dragon Knight: A Poem in Twelve Cantos, page 77:",
          "text": "In anxious expectation stood the crowd,\nWhen the shrill clarion's intonation loud\nGave notice that the challenger drew nigh.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1825, Friedrich Heinrich Karl Freiherr de La Motte-Fouqué, The Magic Ring; a Romance, from the German, Etc, page 287:",
          "text": "but Sir Hugh still exclaimed, —\"Louder, old man, far louder!\" till at last the minstrel, in obedience to his best and dearest friend, struck the harp with such violence, that not only did the strings break, but even the instrument itself burst asunder with a long melancholy intonation.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "musical instrument",
          "musical instrument"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Her intonation was false.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tune",
          "tune"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prolonged",
          "prolonged"
        ],
        [
          "intonating",
          "intonate"
        ],
        [
          "sing",
          "sing"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
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      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tajwīd",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَجْوِيد"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tartīl",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَرْتِيل"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "tanḡīm",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "تَنْغِيم"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entonación"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "intonasiya"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "intanácyja",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інтана́цыя"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "intonácija",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интона́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entonació"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "抑揚"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìyáng",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "抑扬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "語調"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔdiào",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "语调"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "語調"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yǔdiào",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "语调"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "腔調"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qiāngdiào",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "腔调"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonace"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "intonation"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonatie"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zinsmelodie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tónalag"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "intonaatio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "sävelkulku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonation"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entoación"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Satzmelodie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sprachmelodie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Intonation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tongebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "epitonismós",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "επιτονισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "אינטונציה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "intonáció"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "intonēshon",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "イントネーション"
    },
    {
      "alt": "よくよう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yokuyō",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "抑揚"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごちょう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gochō",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "語調"
    },
    {
      "alt": "抑揚",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eogyang",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "억양"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "intoneisyeon",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "인토네이션"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonācija"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "intonacija",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интонација"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "intonasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "hā"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "intonacij",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "интонаций"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "ojsem",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "ойсем"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "intonasjon"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "tonefall"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âhang-e jomle",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "آهنگ جمله"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âhang",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "آهنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entonação"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "intonácija",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интона́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "интонација"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonácia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "entonación"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "kiimbo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "intonation"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "ohang",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "оҳанг"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "intonatsiya",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "интонатсия"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tam-nɔɔng-sǐiang",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "ทำนองเสียง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "tonlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "entonasyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "intonácija",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інтона́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "ngữ điệu"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the rise and fall of the voice in speaking",
      "word": "sự ngâm nga"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Intonation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Intonierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tongebung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ansatz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Tonhöhenfeinabstimmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "intonacij",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "word": "интонаций"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "ojsem",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "word": "ойсем"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonacja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "intonácija",
      "sense": "singing or playing in good tune or otherwise",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "інтона́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rečitativ",
      "sense": "intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "речитатив"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Intonation"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Vorsingen der Anfangsworte"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "intonacij",
      "sense": "intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice",
      "word": "интонаций"
    },
    {
      "code": "mhr",
      "lang": "Eastern Mari",
      "roman": "ojsem",
      "sense": "intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice",
      "word": "ойсем"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "intonacja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "intonation"
}

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