intonation

Other forms of intonation

plural

intonations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about intonation

What does intonation mean?

intonation means "rise and fall of the voice pitch". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in intonation?

intonation has 4 syllables: in-to-na-tion. The stress falls on "na". In IPA it is /ˌɪntəˈneɪʃən/.

What is another word for intonation?

Close synonyms include modulation, pitch contour, chanting. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is intonation a common word?

intonation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with intonation?

73 words rhyme with intonation. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.