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" A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play."
Wendell Pierce

Meaning of "intonation" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF INTONATION

ˌɪntəʊˈneɪʃən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTONATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Intonation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES INTONATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of intonation in the English dictionary

The first definition of intonation in the dictionary is the sound pattern of phrases and sentences produced by pitch variation in the voice. Other definition of intonation is the act or manner of intoning. Intonation is also an intoned, chanted, or monotonous utterance; incantation.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INTONATION

combination · contamination · coordination · designation · destination · determination · discrimination · domination · donation · elimination · examination · explanation · illumination · imagination · nation · nomination · origination · resignation · termination · vaccination

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INTONATION

intolerable · intolerableness · intolerably · intolerance · intolerant · intolerantly · intolerantness · intoleration · intonaco · intonate · intonation contour · intonation pattern · intonational · intonator · intone · intoner · intoning · intoningly · intorsion · intort

WORDS THAT END LIKE INTONATION

accreditation · action · administration · animation · application · association · certification · citation · communication · confirmation · conversation · corporation · creation · decoration · documentation · duration · education · evaluation · excitation · federation · formation

Synonyms and antonyms of intonation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INTONATION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «intonation» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «intonation» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF INTONATION

Find out the translation of intonation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of intonation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «intonation» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

语调
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

entonación
570 millions of speakers
en

English

intonation
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

काकू
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التجويد
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

интонация
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

entonação
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

স্বরভঙ্গি
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

intonation
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Intonasi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Intonation
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

イントネーション
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

억양
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Intonasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

âm điệu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பேச்சானது
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

उच्चारण
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

tonlama
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

intonazione
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

intonacja
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

інтонація
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

intonație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τονισμός
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

intonasie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

intonation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

intonasjon
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of intonation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTONATION»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about intonation

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6 QUOTES WITH «INTONATION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word intonation.
1
Kat Edmonson
I would spend hours absorbing every intonation, every inflection - how the singer would convey a sentiment and how it would sound coming out of their head. All of those things I very carefully watched and absorbed, and so I guess I was studying my whole life, although not in any sort of conventional way.
2
Stan Getz
The saxophone is an imperfect instrument, especially the tenor and soprano, as far as intonation goes. The challenge is to sing on an imperfect instrument that is outside of your body.
3
Henry Irving
You speak into it and everything is recorded, voice, tone, intonation, everything. You turn a little wheel, and forth it comes, and can be repeated ten thousand times. Only fancy what this suggests.
4
Lara St. John
There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or sing pure intonation, should want, or try, to be tempered.
5
Erland Josephson
I am of the international upper class, the Swedish petit bourgeoisie of Jewish extraction with poor language skills, a conveyor of a few expressions and faces, with some intonation that combines ancient human experience with timely coquetry.
6
Wendell Pierce
A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTONATION»

Discover the use of intonation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to intonation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Intonation: Analysis, Modelling and Technology
ANTONIS BOTINIS 1. 1 Background This introduction provides essential information about the structure and the objects of study of this volume.
A. Botinis, 2000
2
Intonation
This updated edition remains the basic reference book for all these concerned with speech in any way.
Alan Cruttenden, 1997
3
The Communicative Value of Intonation in English
The revised edition of David Brazil's seminal work The Communicative Value of Intonation in English.
David Brazil, 1997
4
Intonation Systems: A Survey of Twenty Languages
The volume introduces a system for the multilingual transcription of intonation patterns, and the chapters are organized with the same general outline to highlight the differences between languages.
Daniel Hirst, Albert Di Cristo, 1998
5
Intonation in Context Teacher's Book: Intonation Practice ...
The book is intended to be used alongside any general coursebook to provide a systematic and accessible introduction to this often neglected area of pronunciation.
Barbara Bradford, David Brazil, 1988
6
English Intonation PB and Audio CD: An Introduction
An introduction to intonation - the expression of meaning through rise and fall of pitch in our voices - in English.
J. C. Wells, 2006
7
Intonation and Its Uses: Melody in Grammar and Discourse
Intonation, or speech melody, refers to the rise and fall of the pitch of the voice in speech; it has intimate ties to facial expressions and bodily gesture and conveys underneath it all, emotions and attitudes.
Dwight Bolinger, 1989
8
Prosodic Systems and Intonation in English
David Crystal OBE provides the reader with a thorough and fascinating analysis of the patterns of intonation and prosody found within the English language.
David Crystal, 1976
9
The Phonology of Tone and Intonation
Provides an up-to-date survey of recent research into tone and intonation, and how they are integrated into our grammars.
Carlos Gussenhoven, 2004
10
Discourse Intonation in L2: From Theory and Research to Practice
This book first presents the latest linguistic theories of intonation, in particular, how intonation functions in discourse not only to signal sentence types and attitudinal meanings but also to provide turn-taking and other conversational ...
Dorothy M. Chun, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INTONATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term intonation is used in the context of the following news items.
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Jack Armstrong is going strong as broadcast analyst for the Toronto …
Armstrong is the type of guy who greets everyone with an intonation of recognition; talking to him for the first time feels like you've known him a ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
2
Do you sound gay? What our voices tell us – and what they don't …
I'm more interested in the phonetics of what has, in the past, been called “the voice”: the lisping, the swooping intonation, the clipped tones. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
As Mother Lives on Through Our Mission | Njideka U. Harry
... with, the ShEntrepreneur My mother frequently emphasized the correct pronunciation, ensuring we acknowledged the French intonation. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
IBM's Watson Services Power the Cognitive Computing Era - eWeek
... complete with appropriate cadence and intonation. This allows developers to interact more intuitively with mobile apps, making their Web, ... «eWeek, Jul 15»
5
Mastering the forced landing - Features - Pilot
It is my experience that students soon acquire a standard of competence in the ritual intonation of the checks and Mayday call which sadly ... «PilotWeb, Jul 15»
6
Retired surgeon crafts custom guitars - July 16, 2015 - Indiana Gazette
If you don't have the intonation right, the note up here won't be in tune with the note down there. Your high tones may be out of proportion with ... «Indiana Gazette, Jul 15»
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Album Review: Liza Anne – Two – Putting the mellow in melody …
“Ocean” shows most significantly pop jazz influences on Liza's songwriting and vocal intonation. It all unites in an atmospheric, even cinematic ... «EarToTheGround Music, Jul 15»
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Carl Newman of The New Pornographers on playing summer …
... career, the fest and how he played the first incarnation of the Pitchfork Music Festival ten years ago when it was the Intonation Music Festival. «WGN Radio, Jul 15»
9
Science explains why screams make us cringe | Fusion
For instance, we use certain frequencies to assign gender to speakers and how changes in intonation to attach meaning to what someone says ... «Fusion, Jul 15»
10
L-W Central Marching Knights Win Battle of the Bands | New Lenox …
... to help them learn the basics of proper breathing, tone production, intonation, rhythm reading, body posture, and marching fundamentals. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
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