different between tonic vs toner

English

Alternative forms

• tonick (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?n?k/
• Rhymes: -?n?k

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ??????? (tonikós), from ????? (tónos). 17th century writers believed health to be derived from firmly stretched muscles, thus tonic; the extension of tonic medicine appeared in the late 18th century. Surface analysis as classical compound: tone +? -ic.

Adjective

tonic (comparative more tonic, superlative most tonic)

1. (physics, pathology) Pertaining to tension, especially of muscles.
   • 2009, Thomas Pynchon, Inherent Vice, Vintage 2010, p. 316:

     Out in front and across the street, Doc noted half a dozen or so young men, not loitering or doing substances but poised and tonic, as if waiting for some standing order to take effect.

2. Restorative, curative or invigorating.

   The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.

Translations

Noun

tonic (plural tonics)

1. A substance with medicinal properties intended to restore or invigorate.

   We used to brew a tonic from a particular kind of root.

2. Tonic water.
3. (US, Massachusetts) Any of various carbonated, non-alcoholic beverages; soda pop.
4. (figuratively) Someone or something that revitalises or reinvigorates.

   The arrival of the new members had a tonic effect on the team.

   • 2011, Cathy Kelly, She's the One

     'You're a tonic, Dee,' she said. 'And a real friend. Thanks.'

Translations

Etymology 2

From tone +? -ic.

Adjective

tonic (not comparable)

1. (music) Pertaining to or based upon the first note of a diatonic scale.
2. Pertaining to the accent or stress in a word or in speech.
3. Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (phonetics, dated) being or relating to a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, i.e. a vowel or diphthong.

Noun

tonic (plural tonics)

1. (music) The first note of a diatonic scale; the keynote.
2. (music) The triad built on the tonic note.
3. (phonetics) A tonic element or letter; a vowel or a diphthong.

Related terms

• tonal center

Translations

Anagrams

• ontic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English tonic, from tonic water

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.nik/
• Homophones: tonics, tonique, toniques

Noun

tonic m (plural tonics)

1. drink made up mainly of cinchona
2. tonic water

Further reading

• “tonic” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Romanian

Etymology

From French tonique.

Noun

tonic n (plural tonici)

1. tonic

Declension

English

Etymology

tone +? -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?to?n?/
• Rhymes: -??n?(?)

Noun

toner (countable and uncountable, plural toners)

1. Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.
2. Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face.
3. (archaic or dialectal) A musician, particularly one that plays a wind instrument.
4. A hair product used to reduce brassiness and increase shine in bleached and dyed hair.

Descendants

Translations

Anagrams

• Norte, Trone, noter, tenor, torne, trone

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English toner.

Noun

toner m

1. toner (powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper)

Danish

Noun

toner c

1. indefinite plural of tone

Verb

toner

1. present of tone

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?.n??/
• Homophone: tonnerre

Etymology

Borrowed from English toner.

Noun

toner m (plural toners)

1. toner

Anagrams

• étron, noter, notre, nôtre, ténor, trône, trôné

Indonesian

Etymology

From English toner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?t?on?r]
• Hyphenation: to?nêr

Noun

toner (first-person possessive tonerku, second-person possessive tonermu, third-person possessive tonernya)

1. toner:
   1. Cosmetic lotion designed to cleanse the skin and shrink pores, usually used on the face.
   2. Powder used in laser printers and photocopiers to form the text and images on the printed paper.

Further reading

• “toner” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Verb

toner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of ton?

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

toner m

1. indefinite plural of tone

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• tóner (Portugal), tôner (Brazil)

Etymology

Borrowed from English toner.

Noun

toner m (plural toners)

1. toner (ink used in laser printers and photocopiers)

Swedish

Noun

toner

1. indefinite plural of ton

Anagrams

• noter, orent, orten, roten