baritone
/ˈbeɹəˌtəʊn/BEH-ruh-tohn
/ˈbɛɹəˌtoʊn/BEH-ruh-tohn
Meaninga heavy pitch
Common meaning: a male voice between tenor and bass
- barheavy; weightLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 147 · scan
- tona stretching; pitch of soundLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 812 · scan
‘heavy’ + ‘a stretching’ → baritone
Journey through time
Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.
- bar — Greek βαρύς; βάρος “heavy; weight” (dictionary form; path not traced)
- ton — Greek τόνος “a stretching; pitch of sound” (dictionary form; path not traced)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek βαρύς; βάρος ‘heavy; weight’ + Greek τόνος ‘a stretching; pitch of sound’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry τόνος, p. 812 · dictionary scan
Roots
- βαρύς; βάρος Greek “heavy; weight”
- τόνος Greek “a stretching; pitch of sound”
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