suprasegmental

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suprasegmental englannista suomeksi

An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.
Of or relating to a suprasegmental.
(quote-book)|genre=nonfiction|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|year=1984|page=42|pageurl=|passage=There are two kinds of phonemes in Chinese: ''segmental'' phonemes, which may be thought of as sequential sounds, and ''suprasegmental'' phonemes or tones, which in a sense are added to the syllable as a whole.
More than a segment.
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of or relating to a suprasegmental
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