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tonos

/ˈtɒnɒs/ UK

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Learned borrowing from Greek τόνος (tónos, “stress, accent”). Doublet of tone.

noun tonoi

The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.

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noun Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic

Ελληνικά	τόνος tónos

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"tonos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tonos. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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tonos. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tonos

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"tonos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tonos.

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@misc{tonos_2026,
  title = {tonos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tonos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}