tone

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See also Tone, and Töne

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[edit] English

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[edit] 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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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. (linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese.
  6. (literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed.
  7. The shade or quality of a colour.
  8. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ. see also: tonus
  9. (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.
  10. (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

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

[edit] 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.

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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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  • IPA: /toːnə/, [ˈtˢoːnə]

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tone c. (singular definite tonen, plural indefinite toner)

  1. tone
  2. note

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

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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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tone

  1. singular present subjunctive of tonen.

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tone

  1. vocative singular of tonus

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tone

  1. drop
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