Dictionary entry

Intonation

Pronunciation: /ɪntəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Pronunciation

/ɪntəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) လေယူလေသိမ်း။ အသံအတက်အကျ။

Definition

intonation /Çntǝ'neÇʃn/ n ၁။ [U,C] ေလယူေလသိမ္း။ အသံ အတက္အက်။ intonation patterns ❍ In English, some questions have a rising intonation. ❍ He thought he could detect a faint regional intonation in her voice. Compare INFLECTION ၂, stress ၃(က) ၂။ [U]( music ) ေတးသြားကို လိုက္ႏိုင္ျခင္း။ The violin's intonation was poor.

Examples

  1. intonation /Çntǝ'neÇʃn/ n ၁။ [U,C] ေလယူေလသိမ္း။ အသံ အတက္အက်။ intonation patterns
  2. In English, some questions have a rising intonation.
  3. He thought he could detect a faint regional intonation in her voice. Compare INFLECTION ၂, stress ၃(က) ၂။ [U]( music ) ေတးသြားကို လိုက္ႏိုင္ျခင္း။ The violin's intonation was poor.