"tone mark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tone marks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tone mark (plural tone marks)
  1. (linguistics) A symbol used to indicate tones in tonal languages. Wikipedia link: Tone (linguistics) Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (tone mark): 聲調符號 (Chinese Mandarin), 声调符号 (shēngdiào fúhào) (Chinese Mandarin), toonimerkki (Finnish), marque de ton [feminine] (French), Tonzeichen [neuter] (German), 声調記号 (seichō kigō) (alt: せいちょうきごう) (Japanese), តានា (taanaa) (Khmer), ວັນນະຍຸດ (wan na nyut) (Lao), marca de tom [feminine] (Portuguese), то́новый знак (tónovyj znak) [masculine] (Russian), marca de tono [feminine] (Spanish), วรรณยุกต์ (wan-ná-yúk) (Thai), dấu thanh điệu (Vietnamese), àmì ohùn (Yoruba)

Inflected forms

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