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TONE SYSTEM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tone system mean?
• TONE SYSTEM (noun)
The noun TONE SYSTEM has 1 sense:
1. the system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
Familiarity information: TONE SYSTEM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The system of tones used in a particular language or dialect of a tone language
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
tonal system; tone system
Hypernyms ("tone system" is a kind of...):
phonologic system; phonological system (the system of phones used in a particular language)
Holonyms ("tone system" is a part of...):
tonal language; tone language (a language in which different tones distinguish different meanings)
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