tonos

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word tonos. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word tonos, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say tonos in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word tonos you have here. The definition of the word tonos will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition oftonos, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From the Modern Greek τόνος (tónos, “stress, accent”). Doublet of tone.

Pronunciation

Noun

tonos (plural tonoi)

  1. (orthography and typography) The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.

Usage notes

  • The tonos is also used to distinguish some homographic monosyllables; for example: η (i), the feminine definite article, and ή (í), the conjunction “or”. In such cases, the tonos does not reflect a difference in stress.
  • When combined with the dialytika, the tonos is written between that diacritic’s two dots, as: ⟨ ΅ ⟩.
  • As a compromise of forms between the Ancient Greek oxia and baria, the tonos was designed as a vertical bar (similar to ⟨ ˈ ⟩, the IPA primary-stress marker); however, in most cases, it and the oxia both take the form of the Latin-script acute accent: ⟨ ´ ⟩.

Translations

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

tonōs

  1. accusative plural of tonus

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtonos/
  • Rhymes: -onos
  • Syllabification: to‧nos

Noun

tonos m pl

  1. plural of tono
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia