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polytonic

polytonic

English

Adjective

polytonic

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.

Antonyms

monotonic

Translations

Using the Greek system of diacritics

Dutch: meertonig, meertonige
French: polytonique (fr)

Greek: πολυτονικός (el) m ‎(polytonikós) (polytonikós)
Italian: politonico

External links

Greek diacritics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia