тонус

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus, a transliteration of Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “rope, tension”). Doublet of тон (ton) and tone. Akin to native Bulgarian тъ́нък (tǎ́nǎk, “thin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔnos]

Noun

то́нус • (tónus) m

1. (physiology) tone, beat, vigor

   жи́знен то́нус ― žíznen tónus ― vital tone

Declension

Declension of то́нус

	singular	plural
indefinite	то́нус tónus	то́нуси tónusi
definite (subject form)	то́нусът tónusǎt	то́нусите tónusite
definite (object form)	то́нуса tónusa
count form	—	то́нуса tónusa

Derived terms

• тонизи́рам (tonizíram, “to tonicize”)
• то́ник (tónik, “tonic”)
  • тони́чен (toníčen, “tonal”)

References

• “тонус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “тонус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Macedonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔnus]

Noun

тонус • (tonus) m

1. (physiology) tone

Declension

Declension of тонус

	singular
indefinite	тонус
definite unspecified	тонусот
definite proximal	тонусов
definite distal	тонусон
vocative	тонусу

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). See also тон (ton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtonʊs]

• Audio:

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Noun

то́нус • (tónus) m inan (genitive то́нуса, uncountable)

1. (physiology, medicine) tone

   мы́шечный то́нус

   mýšečnyj tónus

   muscle tone

2. energy, vigour

   жи́зненный то́нус

   žíznennyj tónus

   vitality

Declension

Declension of то́нус (inan sg-only masc-form hard-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	то́нус tónus
genitive	то́нуса tónusa
dative	то́нусу tónusu
accusative	то́нус tónus
instrumental	то́нусом tónusom
prepositional	то́нусе tónuse