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intonable, a.|ɪnˈtəʊnəb(ə)l| [f. intone v. + -able.] Capable of being intoned; in quot. applied to a ‘voiced’ or sonant consonant.
1864Max Müller Sc. Lang. Ser. ii. iii. (1868) 133 The letter ‘sh’ as heard in ‘sharp’, and..‘j’ in the French ‘jamais’; the former mute, the latter intonable. |