Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intonation unit

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.84 in modern English

Syllables
in-to-na-tion u-nit
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of prosodic unit.

Inflected Forms

intonation units (plural)

Synonyms

prosodic unit

Questions

What does intonation unit mean?
Synonym of prosodic unit.

How to pronounce intonation unit

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