tonal, adj.
freq. cnt. 7
freq. cnt. 7
employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words
<adj.pert> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
tonal tonic
sample sentences
"Chinese is a tonal language"
having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
tonal