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tone

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (sound, tone) (possibly through Old French ton), from Ancient Greek ????? (tónos, strain, tension, pitch), from ????? (teín?, I stretch). Doublet of tune, ton, and tonus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) enPR: t?n, IPA(key): /t??n/
  • (US) enPR: t?n, IPA(key): /to?n/
  • Rhymes: -??n

Noun

tone (plural tones)

  1. (music) A specific pitch.
  2. (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
  3. (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
  4. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
  5. General character, mood, or trend.
    Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
  6. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
  7. (dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
    Children often read with a tone.
  8. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
    • 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Letters of a Traveller
      Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
  9. (obsolete) State of mind; temper; mood.
    • c. 1714 (undated), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, letter to Alexander Pope
      The strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, [] drag the mind down [] from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business.
  10. The shade or quality of a colour.
  11. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
    This picture has tone.
  12. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
  13. (biology) The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
  14. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
  15. (African-American Vernacular, slang) a gun
Synonyms
  • (an interval of a major second): whole tone
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations

Verb

tone (third-person singular simple present tones, present participle toning, simple past and past participle toned)

  1. (transitive) to give a particular tone to
  2. (transitive) to change the colour of
  3. (transitive) to make (something) firmer
  4. (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour
  5. (transitive) to utter with an affected tone.
Synonyms
  • (give a particular tone to):
  • (change the colour of): color/colour, dye, paint, tint
  • (make firmer): firm, firm up, tone up
  • (harmonize): harmonise/harmonize
  • (utter with an affected tone):
Derived terms
  • betone
  • toned
  • tone down
  • toner
  • tone up
  • tony, toney (affected tone)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English tone, ton, toon, from the incorrect division of thet one (the/that one). Compare Scots tane in the tane; see also tother.

Pronoun

tone

  1. (now dialectal) the one (of two)

Further reading

  • tone in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • tone in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

References

Anagrams

  • ETNO, Eton, Note, Teno, ento-, note, teno-

Afrikaans

Noun

tone

  1. plural of toon

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (sound, tone), from Ancient Greek ????? (tónos, strain, tension, pitch), from ????? (teín?, I stretch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /to?n?/, [?t?o?n?]

Noun

tone c (singular definite tonen, plural indefinite toner)

  1. tone
  2. note

Declension

Verb

tone (imperative ton, infinitive at tone, present tense toner, past tense tonede, perfect tense har tonet)

  1. to sound
  2. to tone
  3. to tint

References

  • “tone” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

tone

  1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tonen

Anagrams

  • toen

Latin

Noun

tone

  1. vocative singular of tonus

Middle English

Pronoun

tone

  1. the one (of two)
    • So wythin the thirde day, there cam to the cité thes two brethirne: the tone hyght Sir Helyus and the other hyght Helake

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (sound, tone), from Ancient Greek ????? (tónos, strain, tension, pitch), from ????? (teín?, I stretch).

Noun

tone m (definite singular tonen, indefinite plural toner, definite plural tonene)

  1. a tone (sound, colour etc.)

Derived terms

  • halvtone

References

  • “tone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (sound, tone), from Ancient Greek ????? (tónos, strain, tension, pitch), from ????? (teín?, I stretch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²tu?n?/

Noun

tone m (definite singular tonen, indefinite plural tonar, definite plural tonane)

  1. a tone (sound, colour etc.)

Derived terms

  • halvtone
  • tonekunst

References

  • “tone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

tone (ma class, plural matone)

  1. drop

Tokelauan

Etymology

Borrowed from English ton.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?to.ne/
  • Hyphenation: to?ne

Noun

tone

  1. ton

Alternative forms

  • tane

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 397

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effect

English

Etymology

For noun: from Middle English effect, from Old French effect (modern French effet), from Latin effectus (an effect, tendency, purpose), from effici? (accomplish, complete, effect); see effect as a verb. Replaced Old English fremming, fremednes from fremman.

For verb: from Middle English effecten, partly from Latin effectus, perfect passive participle of effici? (accomplish, complete, do, effect), from ex (out) + faci? (do, make) (see fact and compare affect, infect) and partly from the noun effect.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??f?kt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??f?kt/
  • (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA(key): /i?f?kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt
  • Hyphenation: ef?fect

Noun

effect (countable and uncountable, plural effects)

  1. The result or outcome of a cause.
  2. Impression left on the mind; sensation produced.
    • October 1832, unknown author, The Tears of Parents (in The Christian Observer Volume 32
      patchwork [] introduced for oratorical effect
    • 1832, Washington Irving, Tales of the Alhambra
      The effect was heightened by the wild and lonely nature of the place.
  3. Execution; performance; realization; operation.
    1. (uncountable) The state of being binding and enforceable, as in a rule, policy, or law.
  4. (cinematography) An illusion produced by technical means (as in "special effect")
  5. (sound engineering) An alteration, or device for producing an alteration, in sound after it has been produced by an instrument.
  6. (physics, psychology, etc.) A scientific phenomenon, usually named after its discoverer.
  7. (usually in the plural) Belongings, usually as personal effects.
  8. Consequence intended; purpose; meaning; general intent; with to.
    • They spake to her to that effect.
  9. (obsolete) Reality; actual meaning; fact, as distinguished from mere appearance.
    • 1642, John Denham, Cooper's Hill
      no other in effect than what it seems
  10. (obsolete) Manifestation; expression; sign.

Usage notes

Do not confuse with affect.

Adjectives often applied to "effect":

  • biological, chemical, cultural, economic, legal, mental, moral, nutritional, personal, physical, physiological, political and social
  • actual, bad, beneficial, catastrophic, deleterious, disastrous, devastating, fatal, good, harmful, important, intended, likely, natural, negative, positive, potential, primary, real, secondary, significant, special, strong, undesirable and weak

Hyponyms

Derived terms

  • after-effect

Related terms

  • in effect
  • take effect
  • personal effects

Translations

References

Verb

effect (third-person singular simple present effects, present participle effecting, simple past and past participle effected)

  1. (transitive) To make or bring about; to implement.
  2. Misspelling of affect.

Usage notes

Effect is often confused with affect. The latter suggests influence over existing ideas, emotions and entities; the former indicates the manifestation of new or original ideas or entities:

  • “New governing coalitions have effected major changes” indicates that major changes were made as a result of new governing coalitions.
  • “New governing coalitions have affected major changes” indicates that before new governing coalitions, major changes were in place, and that the new governing coalitions had some influence over those existing changes.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

  • effect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • effect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch effect, from Latin effectus. The sense ‘(equitable) security’ borrowed from German Effekt or French effet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??f?kt/
  • Hyphenation: ef?fect
  • Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

effect n (plural effecten, diminutive effectje n)

  1. effect
  2. (finance, usually in the plural) security
    Hypernym: waardepapier
  3. (ball games) spin (rotation of a ball)
  4. (obsolete) personal effect, belonging

Compounds

  • broeikaseffect
  • domino-effect
  • effectbal
  • effectenbeurs
  • sneeuwbaleffect

Derived terms

  • effectief

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: effek
  • ? Indonesian: efek

References


Middle French

Alternative forms

  • effaict

Etymology

From Old French effect

Noun

effect m (plural effects)

  1. effect

Descendants

  • French: effet

Old French

Etymology

From Latin effectus

Noun

effect m (oblique plural effecz or effectz, nominative singular effecz or effectz, nominative plural effect)

  1. effect
  2. (law) judgment; decree
    • punir les contrevenantz solonc l’effect des estatut
      Punish the offender according to the decree of the statute

Descendants

  • ? English: effect
  • French: effet

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