tonos

/ˈtɒnɒs/

Etymology

From the Modern Greek τόνος (tónos, “stress, accent”). Doublet of tone.

tonos means the Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 92 out of 100.

tonos is pronounced /ˈtɒnɒs/.

noun

The Modern Greek stress-marking diacritic: ⟨ ΄ ⟩, written atop a vowel in a given word’s stressed syllable.