atonic syllable

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• Atonic — Atones At*ones, adv. [See {At one}.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Down he fell atones as a stone. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Atonic A*ton ic, a. [Cf. F. atonique. See {Atony}.] 1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or lack of vital energy; as, an atonic… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• atonic — [ə tän′ik, ātän′ik] adj. [Fr atonique < Gr atonia (see ATONY + Fr ique, IC] 1. caused or characterized by atony 2. unaccented: said of a word or syllable n. [< A 2 + Gr tonos, accent, pitch; see …   English World dictionary

• atonic — /euh ton ik, ay ton /, adj. 1. Phonet. a. unaccented. b. Obs. voiceless. 2. Pathol. characterized by atony. n. 3. Gram. an unaccented word, syllable, or sound. [1720 30; A 6 + TONIC; in pathology sense, ATON(Y) + IC] * * * …   Universalium

• atonic — adjective /eɪˈtɒnɪk/ a) Referring to a syllable or sound that is spoken without accent or stress. b) Lacking muscle tone …   Wiktionary

• atonic — [ə tɒnɪk] adjective 1》 Linguistics (of a syllable) without accent or stress. 2》 Physiology lacking muscular tone. Derivatives atony atəni noun …   English new terms dictionary

• atonic — a•ton•ic [[t]əˈtɒn ɪk, eɪˈtɒn [/t]] adj. 1) phn not accented 2) pat characterized by atony 3) phn an unaccented word, syllable, or sound • Etymology: 1720–30 …   From formal English to slang

• atonic — /əˈtɒnɪk/ (say uh tonik), /eɪ / (say ay ) –adjective 1. Phonetics a. unaccented. b. Obsolete voiceless (def. 5). 2. Pathology characterised by atony. –noun 3 …  

• Atones — At*ones, adv. [See {At one}.] [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Down he fell atones as a stone. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Atonic A*ton ic, a. [Cf. F. atonique. See {Atony}.] 1. (Med.) Characterized by atony, or lack of vital energy; as, an atonic disease.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Internal reconstruction — is a method of recovering information about a language s past from the characteristics of the language at a later date. Whereas the comparative method compares variations between languages such as in sets of cognates under the assumption that… …   Wikipedia

• LADINO — (Latino), or Judeo Spanish, the spoken and written Hispanic language of Jews of Spanish origin. It has no connection with the Rheto Romance dialect (Ladin) spoken in the Italian Tyrol. Over the centuries, various names have been given to this… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• accented — adjective 1. used of syllables a tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word • Syn: ↑tonic • Ant: ↑atonic (for: ↑tonic) 2. bearing a stress or accent an iambic …   Useful english dictionary