different between tonal vs tonation
tonal
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?to?n?l/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?t??n?l/
- Rhymes: -??n?l
Etymology 1
tone +? -al
Adjective
tonal (comparative more tonal, superlative most tonal)
- Of or relating to tones or tonality.
- Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
- (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
- (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
Antonyms
- atonal
Related terms
- tonality
- tonally
Translations
Etymology 2
From Nahuatl t?nalli (“day, day sign”)
Alternative forms
- tona, tonalli
Noun
tonal (plural tonals)
- (in Mesoamerican mythology) An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
- 1989, Robert Bartley Taylor, Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, page 122:
- When a tonal suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it.
- 1989, Robert Bartley Taylor, Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, page 122:
See also
- nahual
Anagrams
- Alton, Laton, Talon, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, talon
French
Etymology
ton +? -al
Adjective
tonal (feminine singular tonale, masculine plural tonaux, feminine plural tonales)
- tonal
Romanian
Etymology
From French tonal
Adjective
tonal m or n (feminine singular tonal?, masculine plural tonali, feminine and neuter plural tonale)
- tonal
Declension
Related terms
- atonal
- ton
- tonalitate
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: to?nal
Adjective
tonal m or f (plural tonais, comparable)
- (tonal)
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /to?nal/, [t?o?nal]
Adjective
tonal (plural tonales)
- tonal
Derived terms
Related terms
- tono
Further reading
- “tonal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
tonal From the web:
- what tonality is predominant in this scene
tonation
English
Noun
tonation (plural tonations)
- The tonal properties of a sound.
Anagrams
- Ottonian, notation
tonation From the web:
- intonation music
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