Associations to the word «Suprasegmental»

Wiktionary

SUPRASEGMENTAL, noun. (phonetics) An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and aspiration, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.
SUPRASEGMENTAL, adjective. Of or relating to a suprasegmental.
SUPRASEGMENTAL, adjective. More than a segment.

Dictionary definition

SUPRASEGMENTAL, adjective. Pertaining to a feature of speech that extends over more than a single speech sound.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke