polytonic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Having several tones.
Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.

/ˌpɑliˈtɑnɪk/ /ˌpɒliˈtɒnɪk/ en-uk-polytonic.ogg en-us-polytonic.ogg

polytonic more polytonic most polytonic

From poly- + tonic.

polytonal

monotonic

polytonically polytonicity

Catalan: politònic German: vieltönig German: polytonisch

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