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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)
- (music) A specific pitch.
- (music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
- (music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
- The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
- General character, mood, or trend.
- Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.
- (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
- (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.
- (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
- 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Letters of a Traveller
- Their tone was dissatisfied, almost menacing.
- 1850, William Cullen Bryant, Letters of a Traveller
- (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.
- c. 1714 (undated), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, letter to Alexander Pope
- The shade or quality of a colour.
- The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
- This picture has tone.
- The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
- (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.
- (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
- (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)
- (transitive) to give a particular tone to
- (transitive) to change the colour of
- (transitive) to make (something) firmer
- (intransitive) to harmonize, especially in colour
- (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
- (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
- 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)
- tone
- note
Declension
Verb
tone (imperative ton, infinitive at tone, present tense toner, past tense tonede, perfect tense har tonet)
- to sound
- to tone
- to tint
References
- “tone” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
tone
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of tonen
Anagrams
- toen
Latin
Noun
tone
- vocative singular of tonus
Middle English
Pronoun
tone
- 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)
- 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)
- a tone (sound, colour etc.)
Derived terms
- halvtone
- tonekunst
References
- “tone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swahili
Pronunciation
Noun
tone (ma class, plural matone)
- drop
Tokelauan
Etymology
Borrowed from English ton.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?to.ne/
- Hyphenation: to?ne
Noun
tone
- ton
Alternative forms
- tane
References
- R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?[2], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 397
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upstep
English
Etymology
up- +? step
Noun
upstep (plural upsteps)
- An upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
Verb
upstep (third-person singular simple present upsteps, present participle upstepping, simple past and past participle upstepped)
- To apply an upward shift of tone between the syllables or words of a tonal language.
See also
- downstep
Anagrams
- step up, step-up, uppest
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