suprasegmental feature

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• suprasegmental — /sooh preuh seg men tl/, adj. 1. above, beyond, or in addition to a segment. 2. Ling. pertaining to or noting features of speech, as stress, pitch, and length, that accompany individual consonants and vowels and may extend over more than one such …   Universalium

• suprasegmental — su•pra•seg•men•tal [[t]ˌsu prə sɛgˈmɛn tl[/t]] adj. 1) above, beyond, or in addition to a segment 2) phn of or pertaining to features of speech, as stress and pitch, that accompany individual speech sounds and may extend over more than one such… …   From formal English to slang

• suprasegmental — adjective pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound • Similar to: ↑united • Topics: ↑linguistics …   Useful english dictionary

• su|pra|seg|men|tal — «SOO pruh sehg MEHN tuhl», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. above or beyond the segmental: »... the functional organization of the central nervous system as a series of interconnected segmental and suprasegmental pathways (Science). 2. Linguistics. a)… …   Useful english dictionary

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