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Greek
Etymology
From Byzantine Greek ἄτονος (átonos) from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) with the privative prefix ἀ- (a-). Equivalent to α- (a-) + τόνος (tónos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.to.nos/
- Hyphenation: ά‧το‧νος
Adjective
άτονος • (átonos) m (feminine άτονη, neuter άτονο)
- languorous, languid
- feeble, faint
- (orthography, typography, grammar) atonal, atonic; unaccented, unstressed (describes a word or syllable without ΄ tonos stress accent)
Declension
- ατόνηση f (atónisi, “attenuation, weakening”)
- ατονία f (atonía, “languor, feebleness”)
- ατονικός (atonikós, “atonic, atonal”)
- ατόνιστος (atónistos, “unaccented, unstressed”)
- ατονώ (atonó, “to slacken, to decline”)
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