átono
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.to.nu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈa.to.no/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈa.tu.nu/
- Hyphenation: á‧to‧no
Adjective
átono (feminine átona, masculine plural átonos, feminine plural átonas)
- (phonetics, of a phoneme or syllable) atonic; unaccented (pronounced without stress)
- Synonym: atónico
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄτονος (átonos), from ἀ- (a-, “without”) + τόνος (tónos, “tension, tone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈatono/ [ˈa.t̪o.no]
- Rhymes: -atono
- Syllabification: á‧to‧no
Adjective
átono (feminine átona, masculine plural átonos, feminine plural átonas)
- (phonetics) atonic
- Synonym: inacentuado
- Antonyms: acentuado, tónico
Further reading
- “átono”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024