suprasegmental

  1. Noun.  (context, phonetics) An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and aspiration, that extends over more than one segment of sounds.
  2. Adjective.  Of or relating to a suprasegmental.
  3. Adjective.  More than a segment.

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