English Dictionary

intonation

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪntɵˈneɪʃən/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking. / Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech. / A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.

日本語の意味

（言語学）発話時の声の高低変化、すなわち抑揚 / スピーチにおいて感情を強調するためのアクセントのかかり方、あるいはその変化 / 楽器が発する音、または楽器のような音の性質

Her intonation changed the meaning of the sentence.

彼女の抑揚が文の意味を変えた。

意味（1）

(linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.

意味（2）

Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.

She well knew the power of intonation, and thought that, in the absence of the curled lip, the contemptuous twitch of the nose, and the supercilious toss of the head, her message might be acceptable for Louisa's sake,...

意味（3）

A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.

This additional cause of the intonation of thunder, together with the simile with which it is illustrated, is copied from our poet, both by Pliny, Nat. Hist. ii, 431, and Isidorus, Orig. xiii.

意味（4）

Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

Her intonation was false.

意味（5）

Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.

intonations （ plural ）