tone
A specific pitchA specific pitch.
» Tom spoke in an angry tone.
Том говорил сердитым тоном.
Том говорив сердитим голосом.
Meaning
16 sensesA specific pitch.
Ton
тонton
(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
тонton
(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
Ton
The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
Klang
тонton
(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
Ton
тонton
тонton
a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
(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.
The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
Stimmung
интона́цияintonácija, тонton
The shade or quality of a colour.
Farbton
тонton, отте́нокotténok
the quality of a person's voice
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.
то́нусtónus
то́нусtónus
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.
Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Examples
242 sentencesTom spoke in an angry tone.
Том говорив сердитим голосом.
ruТом говорил сердитым тоном.
I don't like your tone.
Мені не подобається твій тон.
ruМне не нравится твой тон.
The piano has a good tone.
ruУ этого пианино хорошее звучание.
Don't use that tone with me.
ruНе говори со мной таким тоном.
There was a sudden change in her tone.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
From Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old FrenFrom Middle English ton, tone, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”) (possibly through Old French ton), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Doublet of tune, ton, tonos, and tonus.
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Forms
plural: tonesSynonyms
22 synonyms- a steady sound without overtones:pure tone
- a musical interval of two semitones:whole tonestepwhole step
- the quality of a person's voice:tone of voice
- the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people:spiritfeelfeelingflavorflavourlooksmell
- a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound:notemusical note
- the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli:tonicitytonus
Word family
124 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- B2Intonation — Because the lesson uses it