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tonos

UK/ˈtɒnɒs/

tonos noun: the Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.

Noun

tonos (plural tonoi)

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

Forms of tonos

pluraltonoi

Origin of tonos

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

Questions about tonos

What does tonos mean?
Tonos means the Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.
What part of speech is tonos?
Tonos is a noun.
How do you pronounce tonos?
Tonos is pronounced /ˈtɒnɒs/ (UK).
What is the plural of tonos?
The plural of tonos is tonoi.

Words near tonos in the dictionary

  1. tonophant
  2. tonophants
  3. tonoplast
  4. tonoplastic
  5. tonoplasts
  6. tonos
  7. tonoscope
  8. tonoscopes
  9. tonotaxis
  10. tonotopic
  11. tonotopical

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