"tonos" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɒnɒs/ [UK] Forms: tonoi [plural]
Etymology: From the Modern Greek τόνος (tónos, “stress, accent”). Doublet of tone. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|el|τόνος||stress, accent}} Greek τόνος (tónos, “stress, accent”), {{doublet|en|tone}} Doublet of tone Head templates: {{en-noun|tonoi}} tonos (plural tonoi)
  1. (orthography and typography) The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable. Categories (topical): Diacritical marks, Orthography, Typography Translations (Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic): τόνος (tónos) [masculine] (Greek)

Inflected forms

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