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suprasegmental

[ soo-pruh-seg-men-tl ]
/ ˌsu prə sɛgˈmɛn tl /

adjective

above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
Linguistics. pertaining to or noting features of speech, as stress, pitch, and length, that accompany individual consonants and vowels and may extend over more than one such segmental element; pertaining to junctural and prosodic features.

noun

a suprasegmental feature.

Nearby words

  1. suprascapular,
  2. suprascapular artery,
  3. suprascapular nerve,
  4. suprascapular vein,
  5. suprascleral,
  6. supratemporal,
  7. supratrochlear artery,
  8. supratrochlear nerve,
  9. supratrochlear vein,
  10. supravalvar stenosis

Origin of suprasegmental

First recorded in 1940–45; supra- + segmental
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British Dictionary definitions for suprasegmental

suprasegmental

/ (ˌsuːprəsɛɡˈmɛntəl, ˌsjuː-) /

adjective

linguistics denoting those features of a sound or sequence of sounds that accompany rather than form part of the consecutive segments of a word or sentence, as for example stress and pitch in English
Derived Formssuprasegmentally, adverb
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