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polytonic

Adjective CEFR B2
ˌpɑliˈtɑnɪk

Definitions

  1. Having several tones.
  2. Of or using the Greek system of diacritics which employs the rough and smooth breathings and the grave, acute, and circumflex accents. Replaced by the monotonic system in 1982.

Equivalents

Españolpolitónico
Françaispolytonique
Italianopolitonico
2 more languages
Ελληνικάπολυτονικός
Nederlandsmeertonigmeertonige

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

polytopal polytopian polytopic polytopical polytoxic polytoxicomanic

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