intertonic

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English

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Etymology

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From inter- +‎ tonic.

Noun

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intertonic (plural intertonics)

  1. (phonetics) A sound occurring between stressed syllables; as the /har/ in philharmonic
  2. (phonetics) A sound occurring between a stressed syllable and the beginning or end of a word; as the o in Deborah.

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