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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
àton (feminine àtona, masculine plural àtons, feminine plural àtones)
- (phonology) unstressed
- Synonym: inaccentuat
- Antonym: tònic
- síl·labes àtones ― unstressed syllables
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