different between tonally vs tonal

English

Etymology

tonal +? -ly

Adverb

tonally (comparative more tonally, superlative most tonally)

1. In a tonal manner.
2. Regarding tone.

Translations

Anagrams

• tally on

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)

1. Of or relating to tones or tonality.
2. Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
3. (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
4. (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)

1. (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.

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)

1. tonal

Romanian

Etymology

From French tonal

Adjective

tonal m or n (feminine singular tonal?, masculine plural tonali, feminine and neuter plural tonale)

1. tonal

Declension

Related terms

• atonal
• ton
• tonalitate

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: to?nal

Adjective

tonal m or f (plural tonais, comparable)

1. (tonal)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?nal/, [t?o?nal]

Adjective

tonal (plural tonales)

1. tonal

Derived terms

Related terms

• tono

Further reading

• “tonal” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.