TONIC ACCENT

Meaning of TONIC ACCENT in English

prominence given to a syllable in speaking, usually due to a change, esp. a rise, in pitch.

[ 1865-70 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

TONIC ACCENT — noun Date: 1867 relative phonetic prominence (as from greater stress or higher pitch) of a spoken syllable or word, accent …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONIC ACCENT — noun 1. : relative phonetic prominence (as from greater stress or higher pitch) of a spoken syllable or word 2. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONIC ACCENT — Date: 1867 1. : relative phonetic prominence (as from greater stress or higher pitch) of a spoken syllable or word …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONIC ACCENT — Function: noun Date: 1867 1 : relative phonetic prominence (as from greater stress or higher pitch) of a spoken syllable …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TONIC ACCENT — [tonic accent] n (1867) 1: relative phonetic prominence (as from greater stress or higher pitch) of a spoken syllable or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONIC ACCENT — тоновое ударение
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONIC ACCENT — тоновое ударение
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONIC ACCENT — тоновое ударение
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TONIC ACCENT — тоновое ударение
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TONIC ACCENT — тоновое ударение
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONIC — adj tonic (1. [Med.]; 2. pertaining to the stress of a syllable; 3. [Mus.])
Interlingua English vocab
TONIC — a. tonic; n. invigorative
English interlingue dictionary
ACCENT — In prosody , a rhythmically significant stress on the syllables of a verse, usually at regular intervals. Though the term …
Английский словарь Британика
TONIC — I. ˈtänik, -nēk adjective Etymology: Greek tonikos of tension, of tone, from tonos tension, tone + -ikos -ic — more …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ACCENT — I. ˈakˌsent, Brit usually -_sənt noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle French, from Latin accentus (translation of Greek prosōidia ), …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONIC — (n.) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Английский словарь Webster
TONIC — (a.) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
Английский словарь Webster
TONIC — (a.) Characterized by continuous muscular contraction; as, tonic convulsions.
Английский словарь Webster
ACCENT — (n.) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice; tone; …
Английский словарь Webster
TONIC — ( n. ) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONIC — ( a. ) Of or pertaining to tension; increasing tension; hence, increasing strength; as, tonic power.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ACCENT — ( v. t. ) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ACCENT — ( n. ) Modulation of the voice in speaking; manner of speaking or pronouncing; peculiar or characteristic modification of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TONIC — — tonically , adv. /ton"ik/ , n. 1. a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ACCENT — — accentless , adj. — accentuable /ak sen"chooh euh beuhl/ , adj. n. /ak"sent/ ; v. /ak"sent, ak sent"/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONIC — I. ˈtä-nik adjective Etymology: Greek tonikos, from tonos tension, tone Date: 1649 1. a. : characterized by tonus tonic contraction …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ACCENT — I. ˈak-ˌsent, ak-ˈ transitive verb Etymology: Middle French accenter, from accent intonation, from Latin accentus, from ad- + cantus song …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONIC — noun the key tone, or first tone of any scale. 2. tonic ·noun a tonic element or letter; a vowel …
Webster English vocab
ACCENT — noun a word; a significant tone. 2. accent ·noun expressions in general; speech. 3. accent ·noun stress laid on certain …
Webster English vocab
TONIC — [ton.ic] adj [Gk tonikos, fr. tonos tension, tone] (1649) 1 a: characterized by tonus "~ contraction of muscle"; also: marked …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ACCENT — [ac.cent] vt [MF accenter, fr. accent intonation, fr. L accentus, fr. ad- + cantus song--more at chant] (1530) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ACCENT — in phonetics, that property of a syllable which makes it stand out in an utterance relative to its neighbouring syllables. …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONIC — tonic BrE AmE ˈtɒn ɪk AmE \ ˈtɑːn ɪk ▷ tonic|s s ▶ ˌ tonic ˌ sol- ˈ fa BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ACCENT — I accent noun BrE AmE ˈæks ə nt ˈæk sent AmE ˈæk sent ▷ accent|s s II ac|cent verb BrE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TONIC — / ˈtɒnɪk; NAmE ˈtɑːn-/ noun 1. (also ˈtonic water ) [ U , C ] a clear fizzy drink (= …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ACCENT — noun , verb ■ noun / ˈæksent; NAmE ; -sənt/ 1. [ C , U ] a way of pronouncing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONIC — ton ‧ ic /ˈtɒnɪk $ ˈtɑː-/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1600-1700 ; Language: Greek ; Origin: tonikos , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ACCENT — I. ac ‧ cent 1 /ˈæks ə nt $ ˈæksent/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONIC — n. & adj. --n. 1 an invigorating medicine. 2 anything serving to invigorate. 3 = tonic water. 4 Mus. the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ACCENT — n. & v. --n. 1 a particular mode of pronunciation, esp. one associated with a particular region or group (Liverpool …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONIC — n. & adj. n. 1 an invigorating medicine. 2 anything serving to invigorate. 3 = tonic water. 4 Mus. the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ACCENT — n. & v. n. 1 a particular mode of pronunciation, esp. one associated with a particular region or group (Liverpool …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONIC — n. & adj. --n. 1. an invigorating medicine. 2 anything serving to invigorate. 3 tonic water. 4 Mus. the first …
Oxford English vocab
ACCENT — n. & v. --n. 1. a particular mode of pronunciation, esp. one associated with a particular region or group (Liverpool …
Oxford English vocab
TONIC — ( tonics) 1. Tonic or tonic water is a colourless fizzy drink that has a slightly bitter flavour and is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ACCENT — ( accents) 1. Someone who speaks with a particular accent pronounces the words of a language in a distinctive way …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONIC — (~s) 1. Tonic or ~ water is a colourless fizzy drink that has a slightly bitter flavour and is often …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TONIC — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES gin and tonic EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ an herbal tonic ▪ Humor was the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ACCENT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a thick German/Yorkshire etc accent ▪ Olga speaks English with a thick Russian accent. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TONIC — (water) - fizzy water with a bitter taste which can be drunk on its own or added to alcoholic drinksDo …
Cambridge English vocab
ACCENT — Synonyms and related words : Alexandrine, accent mark, accents, accentuate, accentuation, amphibrach, amphimacer, anacrusis, anapest, antispast, arsis, articulation, bacchius, bar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
ACCENT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad ( esp. BrE ), heavy , marked , pronounced , strong , thick ▪ She …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TONIC — n. 25B6; noun ginseng can be used as a natural tonic : STIMULANT, restorative, refresher; informal pick-me-up, bracer; Medicine analeptic. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ACCENT — n. 25B6; noun a Scottish accent : PRONUNCIATION, intonation, enunciation, articulation, inflection, tone, modulation, cadence, timbre, manner of speaking, delivery; …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONIC — n. 1 stimulant, restorative, invigorant, boost, refresher; Obsolete or literary ptisan or tisane, Technical roborant, analeptic, Colloq bracer, pick-me-up, pick-up, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ACCENT — n. 1 emphasis, stress, force, prominence, accentuation; intensity, inflection; cadence, beat The accent is on the second syllable in 'reward' …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ACCENT — 1. сущ. 1) ударение Accent is the elevation of the voice which distinguishes one part of a word from another. …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONIC — tonic.ogg 1. ʹtɒnık n 1. 1> мед. тонизирующее, укрепляющее средство general tonics - общие тонизирующие средства to give smb. a …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ACCENT — accent.ogg 1. ʹæks(ə)nt n 1. 1> ударение to put the accent on the first last syllable - делать ударение на …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONIC — tonic сущ.1) мед. тонизирующее, укрепляющее средство 2) тоник, тонизирующий напиток 3) муз. тоника 2. прил.1) мед. тонизирующий, укрепляющий 2) муз. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONIC — 1. ʹtɒnık n 1. 1> мед. тонизирующее, укрепляющее средство general tonics - общие тонизирующие средства to give smb. a tonic …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ACCENT — 1. ʹæks(ə)nt n 1. 1> ударение to put the accent on the first last syllable - делать ударение на первом …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ACCENT — 1. ˈæks(ə)nt сущ. 1) ударение Accent is the elevation of the voice which distinguishes one part of a word from …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ACCENT — 1. ['‡°©(†)«] сущ. 1) ударение Accent is the elevation of the voice which distinguishes one part of a word from another. —Ударение - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

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