Tone

See also: tone, Töne, tonę, and -töne

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtoʊn/
• Rhymes: -əʊn

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Tone

1. A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tone

1. A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.

Derived terms

• Bradford-on-Tone

Anagrams

• ETNO, Eton, Note, Teno, ento-, note, teno-

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːnə/

• Audio

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Noun

Tone

1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Ton

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval contraction of Torny, from Old Norse Þorný.

Proper noun

Tone

1. a female given name

Related terms

• Tonje
• Thone

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 15 092 females with the given name Tone living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Saterland Frisian

n Tone.

Etymology

From Old Frisian tāne, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā. Cognates include West Frisian tean and German Zehe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtoːnə/
• Hyphenation: To‧ne
• Rhymes: -oːnə

Noun

Tone f (plural Tonen)

1. toe

Coordinate terms

• Finger (“finger”)

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “Tone”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN