SUPRASEGMENTAL

Meaning of SUPRASEGMENTAL in English

/ ˌsuːprəsegˈmentl; NAmE ; BrE also ˌsjuː-/ adjective

( phonetics ) relating to features of speech such as stress and intonation as opposed to individual speech sounds

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SUPRASEGMENTAL — adjective Date: 1941 of or relating to significant features (as stress, pitch, or juncture) that occur simultaneously with vowels and …
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SUPRASEGMENTAL — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ at supra- + adjective Etymology: supra- + segment + -al 1. : situated above or anterior to segments or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SUPRASEGMENTAL — /sooh'preuh seg men"tl/ , adj. 1. above, beyond, or in addition to a segment. 2. Ling. pertaining to or noting …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUPRASEGMENTAL — adjective Date: 1941 : of or relating to significant features (as stress, pitch, or juncture) that occur simultaneously with vowels …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SUPRASEGMENTAL — [su.pra.seg.men.tal] adj (1941): of or relating to significant features (as stress, pitch, or juncture) that occur simultaneously with vowels and …
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SUPRASEGMENTAL — also called Prosodic Feature, in phonetics, a speech feature such as stress, tone, or word juncture that accompanies or is …
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SUPRASEGMENTAL — suprasegmental BrE AmE ˌsuːp rə seɡ ˈment ə l ◂ ˌsjuːp- AmE \ -ˈmen t̬ - ▷ suprasegmental|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SUPRASEGMENTAL — Pronunciation: ˌ sü-pr ə -seg- ' men-t ə l, - ˌ prä- Function: adjective Date: 1941 : of or relating …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SUPRASEGMENTAL PHONEME — noun : one of the phonemes (as pitch, stress, juncture, nasalization, voice or voicelessness in clusters) of a language that …
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SEGMENT — I. ˈsegmənt noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Latin segmentum, from secare to cut + -mentum -ment — …
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SEGMENTAL PHONEME — noun : one of the phonemes (as k, a, t in cat, tack, act ) of a language that can …
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SEGMENTAL APPARATUS — noun Etymology: so called from the segmental arrangement of the cranial nerves : the brainstem in which the primitive chordate …
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PROSODIC — prəˈsädik, prōˈ-, -dēk adjective or pro·sod·i·cal -də̇kəl, -dēk- Etymology: prosodic from French prosodique, from prosodie prosody (from Latin prosodia ) …
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PROSODEME — ˈpräsəˌdēm noun ( -s ) Etymology: prosody + -eme : suprasegmental phoneme
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PHONOLOGY — fōˈnäləjē, fəˈ-, -ji noun ( -es ) Etymology: phon- + -logy 1. : the science of speech sounds including especially …
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SUPRA- — a prefix meaning "above, over" ( supraorbital ) or "beyond the limits of, outside of" ( supramolecular; suprasegmental ). Cf. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SUPERFIX — /sooh"peuhr fiks'/ , n. a suprasegmental feature having an identifiable meaning or grammatical function, as the stress pattern that distinguishes …
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LINGUISTICS — the scientific study of language. The word was first used in the middle of the 19th century to emphasize the …
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TONE — Synonyms and related words : French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, …
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PITCH
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MODULATION — Synonyms and related words : AM, FM, PM, abatement, about-face, accommodation, adaptation, adjustment, allayment, alleviation, alteration, amelioration, amplitude modulation, apostasy, …
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INTONATION — Synonyms and related words : AF, accent, accentuation, adaptation, arrangement, articulation, audio frequency, bel canto, bravura, cantando, choral singing, coloratura, …
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INFLECTION — Synonyms and related words : IC analysis, L, S-curve, accent, accidence, affix, affixation, allomorph, angle, apex, articulation, bend, bending, bifurcation, …
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