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Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
átono (feminine átona, masculine plural átonos, feminine plural átonas)
- (phonetics, of a phoneme or syllable) atonic; unaccented (pronounced without stress)
- Synonym: atónico
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
átono (feminine átona, masculine plural átonos, feminine plural átonas)
- (phonetics) atonic
- Synonym: inacentuado
- Antonyms: acentuado, tónico
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