metatony
/mɪˈtat(ə)ni/ /mɪˈtat(ə)ni/(also metatonie) Linguistics
noun
In Baltic and Slavonic languages: change in syllabic intonation.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Transactions of the Philological Society. From French métatonie from méta- + -ton- + -ie.
- The Federalist
- the Federal Union
- the female of the species
- the Fenland
- the Fens
- the Few
- the Fifteen
- the final straw
- the finer points of
- the finished article
- the firing line
- (the) first among equals
- (the) first cab off the rank
- the Flat
- the Fleet
- the Flemish
- the Flood
- the fog of war
- the forbidden degrees
- the Forties
- the fortunes of war
- the Forty-five
- the fountain of youth
- the four freedoms
- the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse