τόνος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (stretch).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

τόνος (tónosm (genitive τόνου); second declension

  1. rope, cord
  2. chord
  3. tone, note
  4. tension

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: τόνος (tónos)
  • Latin: tonus

Further reading


Greek

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, rope, chord, tone).

Noun

τόνος (tónosm (plural τόνοι)

  1. (orthography, typography, grammar)  ΄  tonos (the stress accent used in modern Greek)
  2. (music) note, pitch, tone
  3. shade
Declension
Coordinate terms
.   τελεία 
,   κόμμα 
:   δύο τελείες 
·   άνω τελεία 
;   ερωτηματικό 
!   θαυμαστικό 
« »   εισαγωγικά 
"       εισαγωγικά 
'       εισαγωγικά 
'     απόστροφος 
¨   διαλυτικά 
΄   τόνος 
  ενωτικό 
  παύλα 
  αποσιωπητικά 
  ( )     παρένθεση 
  [ ]     αγκύλη 
  { }     άγκιστρο 
» :   ομοιωματικά 
see also: Greek Punctuation and Greek alphabet (Diacritics)
Descendants

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tonne (ton).

Noun

τόνος (tónosm

  1. tonne, tonnage (unit of weight)
Declension

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian tonno (tuna), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin tunnus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos)

Noun

τόνος (tónosm (plural τόνοι)

  1. tuna (fish)
Declension