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suprasegmental

Syllabification: (su·pra·seg·men·tal)
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Definition of suprasegmental

adjective

  • denoting a feature of an utterance other than the consonantal and vocalic components, e.g., (in English) stress and intonation.

noun

  • such a feature.

suprasegmental in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of suprasegmental in the British & World English dictionary
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