intonation.
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Meaning & usage
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
Her intonation was false.
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.
Where this word comes from
From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.