tone

See also Tone, and Töne

English

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Etymology 1

From French ton, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tonos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teinō, “I stretch”)

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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. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
  8. The shade or quality of a colour.
  9. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
  10. (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.
  11. (biology) Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
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specific pitch, quality and duration; a note
interval of a major second
recitational melody
character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice
pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning
manner in which speech or writing is expressed
shade or quality of a colour
firmness of a muscle or organ
sheets of sticky plastic with dots printed on them used to create comic books

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
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Translations
give a tone to
change the colour of
make (something) firmer
harmonize, especially in colour

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).
    • 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book X:
      So wythin the thirde day, there cam to the cité thes two brethirne: the tone hyght Sir Helyus and the other hyght Helake [...].

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Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /toːnə/, [ˈtˢoːnə]

Noun

tone c (singular definite tonen, plural indefinite toner)

  1. tone
  2. note

Inflection

    Inflection of tone
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative tone tonen toner tonerne
genitive tones tonens toners tonernes

Verb

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

  1. sound
  2. tone
  3. tint
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Dutch

Verb

tone

  1. singular present subjunctive of tonen

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Latin

Noun

tone

  1. vocative singular of tonus
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Swahili

Noun

tone

  1. drop
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