suprasegmental

From supra- + segmental.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsuːp.ɹə.sɛɡˈmɛn.təl/

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suprasegmental (plural suprasegmentals)

1. (phonetics) An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.

suprasegmental (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a suprasegmental.
   • 1984, John DeFrancis, The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy (nonfiction), University of Hawaii Press, page 42:

     There are two kinds of phonemes in Chinese: segmental phonemes, which may be thought of as sequential sounds, and suprasegmental phonemes or tones, which in a sense are added to the syllable as a whole.

2. More than a segment.

From English suprasegmental.

suprasegmental

1. (phonetics) a suprasegmental

suprasegmental

1. of or relating to a suprasegmental

• IPA^(key): /supɾaseɡmenˈtal/ [su.pɾa.seɣ̞.mẽn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: su‧pra‧seg‧men‧tal

suprasegmental m or f (masculine and feminine plural suprasegmentales)

1. suprasegmental

• “suprasegmental”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025