OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 14578

intonation

/ɪntəˈneɪʃən/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
entonación
The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
melopea • melopeya
Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.
Her intonation was false.
melopea • melopeya
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.
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