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

Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Friedrich Nietzsche