Pay more attention to intonation when you speak English.
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Intonation
//ɪntəˈneɪʃən//
Synonyms for "intonation" (101 found)
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Related words (50)
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7 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
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3 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
81 translations across 42 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- تَجْوِيد noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- تَرْتِيل noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- تَنْغِيم noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Asturian
1 entries- entonación noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- intonasiya noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Belarusian
1 entries- інтана́цыя noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Bulgarian
2 entries- интона́ция noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- речитатив noun (intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice)
Catalan
1 entries- entonació noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 抑揚 /抑扬 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- 腔調 /腔调 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- 語調 /语调 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- 語調 /语调 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Czech
1 entries- intonace noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Danish
1 entries- intonation noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Dutch
2 entries- intonatie noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- zinsmelodie noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Eastern Mari
4 entries- интонаций noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- интонаций noun (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise)
- интонаций noun (intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice)
- ойсем noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Faroese
1 entries- tónalag noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Finnish
2 entries- intonaatio noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- sävelkulku noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
French
1 entries- intonation noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Galician
1 entries- entoación noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
German
4 entries- Ansatz noun (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise)
- Intonation noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- Intonation noun (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise)
- Intonation noun (intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice)
Greek
1 entries- επιτονισμός noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Hebrew
1 entries- אינטונציה noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Hungarian
1 entries- intonáció noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Italian
1 entries- intonazione noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Japanese
3 entries- イントネーション noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- 抑揚 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- 語調 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Korean
2 entries- 억양 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- 인토네이션 noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Latvian
1 entries- intonācija noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Macedonian
1 entries- интонација noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Malay
1 entries- intonasi noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Māori
1 entries- hā noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Norwegian
2 entries- intonasjon noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- tonefall noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Persian
2 entries- آهنگ noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- آهنگ جمله noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Polish
3 entries- intonacja noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- intonacja noun (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise)
- intonacja noun (intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice)
Portuguese
1 entries- entonação noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Russian
1 entries- интона́ция noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- intonacija noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- интонација noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Slovak
1 entries- intonácia noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Slovene
1 entries- intonacija noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Spanish
4 entries- entonación noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- melopea noun (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise)
- melopea noun (intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice)
- melopeya noun (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise)
Swahili
1 entries- kiimbo noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Swedish
1 entries- intonation noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Tajik
2 entries- интонатсия noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- оҳанг noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Thai
1 entries- ทำนองเสียง noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Turkish
2 entries- entonasyon noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- tonlama noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Ukrainian
2 entries- інтона́ція noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- інтона́ція noun (singing or playing in good tune or otherwise)
Vietnamese
2 entries- ngữ điệu noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
- sự ngâm nga noun (the rise and fall of the voice in speaking)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Intonation is absent in his way of speaking.
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You can tell by her intonation that she lived in a Spanish speaking country when she was young.
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Intonation is a notoriously difficult part of a foreign language to acquire.
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