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plural suprasegmentals
(phonetics) An effect on speech, such as length, stress, tone, and phonation type, that extends over more than one segment of sounds. examples
not comparable
Of or relating to a suprasegmental. quotations examples
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.
1984, John DeFrancis, The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy (nonfiction), University of Hawaii Press, page 42
More than a segment. examples