From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from .

• IPA: /ɪntəˈneɪʃən/

intonation

1. (linguistics) The rise and fall of the voice in speaking.
2. Emotive stress used to increase the power of delivery in speech.
   • 1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC ↗, page 210 ↗:

     She well knew the power of intonation, and thought that, in the absence of the curled lip, the contemptuous twitch of the nose, and the supercilious toss of the head, her message might be acceptable for Louisa's sake,...

3. A sound made by, or resembling that made by, a musical instrument.
4. Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise.

   Her intonation was false.

5. Reciting in a musical prolonged tone; intonating or singing of the opening phrase of a plain-chant, psalm, or canticle by a single voice, as of a priest.

• intonable
• intonate
• intonational
• intonationally
• intonator
• intone
• intoner

• French: intonation
• German: Satzmelodie, Sprachmelodie, Intonation, Tongebung
• Italian: intonazione
• Portuguese: entonação
• Russian: интона́ция
• Spanish: entonación

• German: Intonation, Intonierung, Tongebung, Ansatz, Tonhöhenfeinabstimmung

• German: Intonation, Vorsingen der Anfangsworte