intoning
Meaning of intoning
verb, gerund or present participle
- say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice.
he intoned a short Latin prayer
‘All rise,’ intoned the usher
late 15th century (originally as entone ): from Old French entoner or medieval Latin intonare, from in- ‘into’ + Latin tonus ‘tone’.
Information about intoning
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of intoning is: intonings.
- Languages in which intoning is used:
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Hyphenation of intoning
in-ton-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 letters.
- intoning is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
intoning synonyms
Meaning sing or intone (a psalm, canticle, or sacred text):
Meaning say or recite with little rise and fall of the pitch of the voice:
Meaning make musical sounds with the voice, especially words with a set tune:
Meaning repeat aloud or declaim (a poem or passage) from memory before an audience:
Meaning chant or intone (a passage of religious text):
Anagrams of intoning
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