tone of voice

English

Noun

tone of voice (plural tones of voice)

1. The quality, manner, or way someone speaks.

   Synonyms: intonation, tone

   • 2011, Hartley Pool, Stranger in Taiwan:

     Something in John's tone of voice was coming back to haunt me, and at that moment I realized I'd been had.

Translations

way someone speaks

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 語調 / 语调 (zh) (yǔdiào), 語氣 / 语气 (zh) (yǔqì), 聲調 / 声调 (zh) (shēngdiào), 腔調 / 腔调 (zh) (qiāngdiào)

• Finnish: äänensävy (fi)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: tonfall (sv) n