àton

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈa.tun]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈa.ton]

àton (feminine àtona, masculine plural àtons, feminine plural àtones)

1. (phonology) unstressed

   Synonym: inaccentuat

   Antonym: tònic

   síl·labes àtones ― unstressed syllables

• “àton”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007