Barytone

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  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A word that has a heavy stress or pitch accent on its penultimate syllable.
  • adjective. Relating to or being a word that has a heavy stress or pitch accent on its penultimate syllable.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Having the quality of a voice or instrument intermediate between a bass and a tenor: as, a barytone voice. See II.
  • In Greek grammar: Pronounced with the (theoretical) grave accent on the last syllable (see grave, a.); having the last syllable unaccented: as, a barytone word, such as τόνος.
  • Causing a word to be without accent on the final syllable: as, a barytone suffix.
  • noun. In music: A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the bass and the tenor, but which does not descend so low as the one nor rise so high as the other.
  • noun. A stringed instrument played with a bow, resembling the viola da gamba, called in Italian viola di bardone or bordone.
  • noun. The name usually given to the smaller brass sax-horn in or C.
  • noun. In Greek grammar, a word which has the last syllable unaccented.
  • In Greek grammar, to pronounce or write without accent on the last syllable: as, to barytone a word.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Grave and deep, as a kind of male voice.
  • adjective. Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A male voice, the compass of which partakes of the common bass and the tenor, but which does not descend as low as the one, nor rise as high as the other.
  • noun. A person having a voice of such range.
  • noun. The viola di gamba, now entirely disused.
  • noun. A word which has no accent marked on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Not having the acute accent on the final syllable of a word, especially with reference to Greek grammar
  • noun. An alternative (and rare) form of baritone, a male voice or instrument with that range.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a male singer
  • Word Usage
    "Still more curious was the form of viol known as the barytone, which, in addition to an outfit of six catgut strings upon the finger board, was furnished with twenty-four wire strings, stretched close under the sounding board, where they sounded by sympathetic vibration."
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    baritone  
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