intonable,a.|ɪnˈtəʊnəb(ə)l| [f. intone v. + -able.] Capable of being intoned; in quot. applied to a ‘voiced’ or sonant consonant. 1864Max Müller Sc.Lang.Ser. ii. iii. (1868) 133 The letter ‘sh’ as heard in ‘sharp’, and..‘j’ in the French ‘jamais’; the former mute, the latter intonable.