# tonos

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɒnɒs/

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

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tonos