intonation

intonation
n
1. pitch pattern, intonation pattern or contour; speech pattern, manner of speaking, mode of expression; pitch, tone, frequency; timbre, tonality, tone quality, coloring; tune, melody, lilt, swing, jingle, flow, harmonious flow, rhythmic flow; overtone, monotone, undertone; tonelessness, resonance, sonority, sonorousness.
2. accent, accentuation, emphasis, stress, syllable stress; attack, delivery; cadence, beat, rhythm, tempo, pulse, throb; pulsation, cadency, rhythmicity.
3. pronunciation, articulation, enunciation, utterance; vocalization, phonation, voice; inflection, modulation, phrasing, suspension; regional or foreign accent, drawl, twang, brogue, burr, broad accent or speech.
4. chant, Gregorian chant, Eccles. versicle, mantra, Vedic hymn or chant; prayer, invocation, supplication.

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  • Intonation — Intonation …   Deutsch Wörterbuch

  • intonation — [ ɛ̃tɔnasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1372; du lat. intonare « faire retentir » 1 ♦ Hauteur à laquelle est joué ou chanté un son. Intonation fausse, juste. Liturg. Partie initiale de la psalmodie dans le chant grégorien. Par ext. Action d entonner. Intonation d …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Intonation — steht für: Intonation (Musik), die Feinabstimmung von Lautstärke, Klangfarbe, Tonhöhe und anderen Parametern einzelner Töne bei Musikinstrumenten und beim Gesang oder ganz allgemein eine kurze Einleitung eines Musikstückes. Intonation (Psalmodie) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Intonation — may refer to:*Intonation (linguistics), the variation of tone used when speaking *Intonation (music), a musician s realization of pitch accuracy, or the pitch accuracy of a musical instrument *Intonation Music Festival, held in Chicago …   Wikipedia

  • Intonation — In to*na tion, n. [Cf. F. intonation. See {Intone}.] 1. (Mus.) (a) The act of sounding the tones of the musical scale. (b) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false. (c) Reciting in a musical prolonged tone;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • intonation — INTONATION. s. f. Maniere d entonner un chant. Il ne se dit ordinairement que des chants de l Eglise, Une mauvaise intonation. manquer à l intonation …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • intonation — 1610s, opening phrase of a melody, from Fr. intonation, from M.L. intonationem (nom. intonatio), from pp. stem of intonare (see INTONE (Cf. intone)). Meaning modulation of the voice in speaking is from 1791 …   Etymology dictionary

  • intonation — [in΄tō nā′shən, in΄tənā′shən] n. [ML intonatio] 1. the act of intoning 2. the quality of singing or playing tones in or out of tune with regard to a given standard of pitch 3. a) the opening words of a Gregorian chant b) the singing of these …   English World dictionary

  • Intonation — In to*na tion, n. [See 1st {Intonate}.] A thundering; thunder. [Obs.] Bailey. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Intonation — (lat.), im Gregorianischen Gesang der einleitende Gesang des Priesters beim Antiphonen , Psalmengesang etc. Die I. stellt die Tonart fest, in der sich die Melodie bewegt; sie ist verschieden an hohen und niedern Festtagen und gewöhnlichen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Intonation — (neulat.), die Art und Weise, wie der Ton erzeugt wird, bes. beim Gesang; in der kath. Kirche die vom Zelebranten vorzusingende Anfangstrophe eines Meßgesangs; intonieren, anstimmen, den Ton angeben …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

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