Suprasegmental

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.

2.adjectiveOf or relating to a suprasegmental.

3.adjectiveMore than a segment.

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