Dictionary Entry
subtonic
subtonic is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Applied to, or distinguishing, a speech element consisting of tone, or proper vocal sound, not pure as in the vowels, but dimmed and otherwise modified by some kind of obstruction in the oral or the nasal passage, and in some cases with a mixture of breath sound; -- a term introduced by Dr. James Rush in 1833. See Guide to Pronunciation, //155, 199-202.
- 2noun
A subtonic sound or element; a vocal consonant, as b, d, g, n, etc.; a subvocal.
- 3noun
The seventh tone of the scale, or that immediately below the tonic; -- called also subsemitone.
- 4noun
(music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale
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