Tone (t n), (Theobold) Wolfe 1763-1798. Irish nationalist who helped secure Parliament's passage of the Catholic Relief Act of 1793 and planned a French invasion of Ireland (1796). |
| tone (tn) n. 1. Music a. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note. b. The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step. c. A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant. 2. a. The quality or character of sound. b. The characteristic quality or timbre of a particular instrument or voice. 3. a. The pitch of a word used to determine its meaning or to distinguish differences in meaning. b. The particular or relative pitch of a word, phrase, or sentence. 4. Manner of expression in speech or writing: took an angry tone with the reporters. 5. A general quality, effect, or atmosphere: a room with an elegant tone. 6. a. A color or shade of color: light tones of blue. b. Quality of color: The green wallpaper had a particularly somber tone. 7. The general effect in painting of light, color, and shade. 8. Physiology a. The normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles. b. Normal firmness of a tissue or an organ. v. toned, ton·ing, tones v.tr. 1. To give a particular tone or inflection to. 2. To soften or change the color of (a painting or photographic negative, for example). 3. To sound monotonously; intone. 4. To make firmer or stronger. Often used with up: exercises that tone up the body. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: 1. To assume a particular color quality. 2. To harmonize in color. tone down To make less vivid, harsh, or violent; moderate. [Middle English ton, from Old French, from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos, string, a stretching; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
tone [təʊn]
n
1. sound with reference to quality, pitch, or volume
2. (Music, other) short for tone colour
3. (Music, other) US and Canadian another word for note [10]
4. (Physics / General Physics) (in acoustic analysis) a sound resulting from periodic or regular vibrations, composed either of a simple sinusoidal waveform (pure tone) or of several such waveforms superimposed upon one main one (compound tone)
5. (Music / Classical Music) an interval of a major second; whole tone
6. (Music, other) Also called Gregorian tone any of several plainsong melodies or other chants used in the singing of psalms
7. (Linguistics) Linguistics any of the pitch levels or pitch contours at which a syllable may be pronounced, such as high tone, falling tone, etc.
8. the quality or character of a sound a nervous tone of voice
9. general aspect, quality, or style I didn't like the tone of his speech
10. high quality or style to lower the tone of a place
11. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) the quality of a given colour, as modified by mixture with white or black; shade; tint a tone of red
12. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Physiology) Physiol
a. the normal tension of a muscle at rest
b. the natural firmness of the tissues and normal functioning of bodily organs in health
13. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) the overall effect of the colour values and gradations of light and dark in a picture
14. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) Photog a colour or shade of colour, including black or grey, of a particular area on a negative or positive that can be distinguished from surrounding lighter or darker areas
vb
1. (intr; often foll by with) to be of a matching or similar tone (to) the curtains tone with the carpet
2. (tr) to give a tone to or correct the tone of
3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) (tr) Photog to soften or change the colour of the tones of (a photographic image) by chemical means
Tone [təʊn]
n
(Biographies / Tone, (Theobald) Wolfe (1763-1798) M, Irish, POLITICS: nationalist) (Theobald) Wolfe. 1763-98, Irish nationalist, who founded (1791) the Society of United Irishmen and led (1798) French military forces to Ireland. He was captured and sentenced to death but committed suicide
Each distinguishable shade variation from black to white on imagery.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tone - the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" note - a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice" roundness, rotundity - the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness" undertone - a quiet or hushed tone of voice; "spoke in undertones" |
| 2. |  tone - (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"pitch - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration linguistics - the scientific study of language | |
| 3. |  tone - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"sound property - an attribute of sound harmonic - any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities coloration, colouration, color, colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
| 4. |  tone - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" Hollywood - a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry; "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood" Zeitgeist - the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation | |
| 5. |  tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"color, coloring, colouring, colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" mellowness - a soft shade of a color; "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble" richness - a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room" | |
| 6. |  tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) supertonic - (music) the second note of a diatonic scale mediant - (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant subdominant - (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale dominant - (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale submediant - (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic) leading tone, subtonic - (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale pedal, pedal point - a sustained bass note middle C - the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz chord - a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together passing note, passing tone - a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes semibreve, whole note - a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) quarter note, crotchet - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note eighth note, quaver - a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note semiquaver, sixteenth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note demisemiquaver, thirty-second note - a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note blue note - a flattened third or seventh monotone - a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) | |
| 7. | tone - a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" harmonic - a tone that is a component of a complex sound | |
| 8. |  tone - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"muscular tissue, muscle - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells tautness, tenseness, tensity, tension - the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body" catatonia - extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia muscle tone, muscular tonus - normal tonicity of the muscles; "exercise improves muscle tone" myotonia - abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction | |
| 9. | tone - a musical interval of two semitones musical interval, interval - the difference in pitch between two notes | |
| 10. | tone - the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare | |
| Verb | 1. | tone - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" |
| 2. | tone - vary the pitch of one's speech | |
| 3. | tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative" | |
| 4. | tone - change to a color image; "tone a photographic image" | |
| 5. |  tone - give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" |
tone
noun
1. pitch, stress, volume, accent, force, strength, emphasis, inflection, intonation, timbre, modulation, tonality He spoke in a low tone to her.
Translations
tone [təʊn]
A. N
1. (Mus) → tono m
2. [of voice] → tono m
in an angry tone → en tono de enojo
in low tones → en tono bajo
they were whispering in low tones → cuchicheaban
tone of voice → tono m de voz
to praise sb in ringing tones → poner a algn por las nubes
in an angry tone → en tono de enojo
in low tones → en tono bajo
they were whispering in low tones → cuchicheaban
tone of voice → tono m de voz
to praise sb in ringing tones → poner a algn por las nubes
3. (Telec) → señal f
dialling tone → señal f para marcar
please speak after the tone (Telec) → por favor, hable después de oír la señal
dialling tone → señal f para marcar
please speak after the tone (Telec) → por favor, hable después de oír la señal
5. (= tendency) → tono m, nota f; [of speech, article] → tono m, cariz m
the tone of the market (Fin) → la nota dominante del mercado, el tono del mercado
the tone of the market (Fin) → la nota dominante del mercado, el tono del mercado
D. CPD tone colour, tone color (US) N (Mus) → timbre m
tone control N → control m de tonalidad
tone language N → lengua f tonal
tone poem N → poema m sinfónico
tone control N → control m de tonalidad
tone language N → lengua f tonal
tone poem N → poema m sinfónico
tone down VT + ADV (= moderate) [+ colour] → atenuar, suavizar; [+ noise] → reducir, disminuir (fig) [+ language, criticism etc] → moderar
tone up VT + ADV [+ muscles] → tonificar, fortalecer
tone [ˈtəʊn]
n
(= quality of sound) → son m
the clear tone of the bell → le son clair de la cloche
in low tones → à voix basse
the clear tone of the bell → le son clair de la cloche
in low tones → à voix basse
(= mood) [letter, speech] → ton m
The tone of the letter was very friendly → Le ton de la lettre était très amical.
The tone of the letter was very friendly → Le ton de la lettre était très amical.
(= shade) [colour] → ton m
You need a blue that's slightly deeper in tone → Il vous faudrait un bleu d'un ton légèrement plus profond.
The room was painted in tones of pink
BUT La pièce était peinte en camaïeu rose.
You need a blue that's slightly deeper in tone → Il vous faudrait un bleu d'un ton légèrement plus profond.
The room was painted in tones of pink
BUT La pièce était peinte en camaïeu rose.
(on phone line) → tonalité f; (on answering machine) → bip m sonore
Please leave your message after the tone → Laissez votre message après le bip sonore.
the dialling tone → la tonalité
the engaged tone → la tonalité occupé, la tonalité occupée
Please leave your message after the tone → Laissez votre message après le bip sonore.
the dialling tone → la tonalité
the engaged tone → la tonalité occupé, la tonalité occupée
to lower the tone of sth → déparer qch
vi
tone
tone:
tone:
n
(of sound, = tone of voice, Phon) → Ton m; (= quality of sound) → Klang m; the soft tones of a flute → die sanften Töne einer Flöte; the soft tones of her voice → der sanfte Klang ihrer Stimme; … he said in a friendly tone → … sagte er in freundlichem Ton; I don’t like your tone (of voice) → mir gefällt dein Ton nicht; don’t speak to me in that tone (of voice) → in diesem Ton kannst du mit mir nicht reden
(of colour) → (Farb)ton m
(fig: = mood, character) → Ton m; what was the tone of his letter? → wie war denn der Ton seines Briefes?; the new people have lowered/raised the tone of the neighbourhood → die neuen Leute haben dem Ansehen or Ruf des Viertels geschadet/das Ansehen or den Ruf des Viertels verbessert; of course, Trevor had to lower the tone (of the conversation) → Trevor musste natürlich ausfallend werden
(Physiol) → Tonus m (spec)
vi (colours) → (im Farbton) harmonieren
tone:
tone arm
n → Tonarm m
tone colour, (US) tone color
n (Mus) → Klangfarbe f
tone control
n → Klangfarbeneinstellung f, → Tonblende f
tone:
tone-deaf
tone language
n → Tonsprache f, → Tonhöhensprache f
tone [təʊn]
tone [təʊn]
1. n (gen) → tono; (of colour) → tonalità f inv; (of musical instrument) → timbro
dialling (Brit) or dial (Am) tone (Telec) → segnale m di libero
to praise sb in ringing tones (fig) → portare qn alle stelle
they were speaking in low tones → parlavano a voce bassa
two tones of red → due tonalità di rosso
to raise/lower the tone of sth → migliorare/abbassare il tono di qc
dialling (Brit) or dial (Am) tone (Telec) → segnale m di libero
to praise sb in ringing tones (fig) → portare qn alle stelle
they were speaking in low tones → parlavano a voce bassa
two tones of red → due tonalità di rosso
to raise/lower the tone of sth → migliorare/abbassare il tono di qc
2. vi (also tone in) (colours) → intonarsi
tone up vt + adv (muscles) → tonificare
tone [təʊn]
1. n (gen) → tono; (of colour) → tonalità f inv; (of musical instrument) → timbro
dialling (Brit) or dial (Am) tone (Telec) → segnale m di libero
to praise sb in ringing tones (fig) → portare qn alle stelle
they were speaking in low tones → parlavano a voce bassa
two tones of red → due tonalità di rosso
to raise/lower the tone of sth → migliorare/abbassare il tono di qc
dialling (Brit) or dial (Am) tone (Telec) → segnale m di libero
to praise sb in ringing tones (fig) → portare qn alle stelle
they were speaking in low tones → parlavano a voce bassa
two tones of red → due tonalità di rosso
to raise/lower the tone of sth → migliorare/abbassare il tono di qc
2. vi (also tone in) (colours) → intonarsi
tone up vt + adv (muscles) → tonificare
n tone [təun]
1 (the quality of) a sound, especially a voice He spoke in a low/angry/gentle tone; He told me about it in tones of disapproval; That singer/violin/piano has very good tone. toon نَغْمَه، طَنين тон tón, zvuk tone der Ton τόνος, ήχος tono toon, kõla صدا ääni ton נִימָה तान ton, boja glasa hang; tónus suara tónn tono 声の調子 소리 tonas tonis nada toon klang, tone(fall) ton tom ton, timbru тон; тембр tón, zvuk ton ton ton, tonfall คุณภาพของเสียง ton (ses) 音調，語調 тон آواز giọng 音调，语调
2 a shade of colour various tones of green. skakering دَرَجَة اللوْن цвят tón tone; nuance der Farbton απόχρωση tono värvitoon رنگ؛ ته رنگ vivahde ton גָווָן स्वर-शैली ton boje (szín)árnyalat sifat litbrigði, tónn tono 色合 명암 atspalvis tonis; nokrāsa warna tint nyanse, fargetone odcień tom ton, nuanţă оттенок tón odtenek ton []ton เฉดสี ton (renk) 色調 тон, відтінок رنگ کا سايہ màu nhạt 色调
3 firmness of body or muscle Your muscles lack tone – you need exercise. tonus, styfheid صَلابَه здравина tonus styrke die Spannkraft μυϊκός τόνος tono pingus کشیدگی طبیعی kiinteys tonus טוֹנוּס आवाज tonus, napetost tónus (izmoké stb.) kekekaran gott líkamlegt ástand tono 健康な状態 단련 stangrumas tonuss kepejalan tonus (muskel)tonus elastyczność tónus tonus тонус tonus tonus tonus spänst ความตึงตัวของกล้ามเนื้อหรืออวัยวะอื่น ๆ ในร่างกาย güç, beden sağlığı 肌體的結實度 тонус; сила بدن و عضلات کي سختي sự chắc cơ 肌体的结实度
4 in music, one of the larger intervals in an octave eg between C and D. toon طَبقَة الصَّوْت цял тон tón heltone der (Ganz-)Ton τόνος (μουσ.) tono toon, suur sekund نت sointu ton טוֹן रंग ton egész hang nada heiltónn tono 楽音 온음정 tonacija tonis ton toon heltone ton tom ton тон tón ton ton helton ระดับเสียง ton, aralık 全音程 тон مثمن اشعار ميں بڑا وقفہ quãng trường 全音程
v
to fit in well; to blend The brown sofa tones (in) well with the walls. vermeng, meng in يَنْسَجِم مَع сливам се ladit (s) harmonere harmonisieren εναρμονίζομαι, ταιριάζω, δένω combinar, hacer juego, ir bien juntos sobima جور بودن؛ خوردن به sopia s'harmoniser (avec) לְהִשתַלֵב עִם- बढ़ाना slagati se, uklopiti se színben összeillik serasi fara (vel) við intonarsi 調和する 잘 어울리다 derėti harmonēt; pieskaņoties; iederēties padan benar kleuren bij stå til, passe/harmonisere med harmonizować combinar a se potrivi (cu) гармонировать ladiť (s) ujemati se uklapati se gå ton i ton, harmoniera ปรับสีให้กลมกลืน rengi uygun düşmek 顏色和諧 гармоніювати ہم آہنگ کرنا، ترکيب دينا phù hợp 颜色和谐
adj tonal
of musical tones. tonaal نَغَمي тонален tónový; tonální tone- Ton-... τονικός tonal kõla- آهنگی sävel- tonal טוֹנָלִי स्वर संबंधी tonski, tonalan hang-; tonális nada musik tóntegunda- tonale, di tono 音色の 음색의 tonalus tonāls nada tonaal tonal tonalny tonal tonal тональный tónový; tonálny tonski tonski tonal, ton- เกี่ยวกับระดับเสียง ses perdesine/tonuna ait 音調的 тональний موسيقي کي آواز سے متعلق (thuộc) giọng 音调的
adj toneless
without tone; with no variation in sound etc She spoke in a toneless voice. toonloos بِدون تَنويع في النَّغَمَه الصَّوْتِيَّه безизразен nezvučný tonløs tonlos άτονος monótono kõlatu بی روح؛ بی حالت soinniton atone חֲסַר צְלִיל सुररहित, तान रहित bezvučan, monoton hangtalan; színtelen datar áherslulaus monotono 単調な 음조, 색조가 없는 monotoniškas neskanīgs; neizteiksmīgs tdk bernada toonloos tonløs, monoton matowy, bezbarwny monótono inexpresiv монотонный nezvučný brezbarven bezizražajan entonig, klanglös ปราศจากเสียง tekdüze, perdesiz, monoton 單調的 невиразний بے آواز، بے سر thiếu sinh khí, không có độ rung 单调的
adv tonelessly
toonloos عَدَم التَّنْويع في النَّغَمَه الصَّوْتِيَّه безизразно bezvýrazně tonløst tonlos άτονα monótonamente kõlatult با لحن سرد värittömästi sans timbre בְּחוֹסֵר צְלִיל तानविहिनता से, नीरसतापूर्वक bezvučno, monotono hangtalanul; színtelenül secara datar áherslulaust in maniera monotona 単調に 단조롭게 monotoniškai neskanīgi; neizteiksmīgi tanpa nada toonloos tonløst, monotont matowym głosem, matowo monotonamente inexpresiv монотонно bezvýrazne brezbarvno bezizražajno entonigt, klanglöst อย่างปราศจากเสียง monoton bir şekilde 單調地 невиразно بے سري سے، بے آواز yếu, thiếu sinh khí 单调地
tone down
to make or become softer, less harsh etc He toned down some of his criticisms. minder erg maak يُخَفِّف النَّغَمَه намалявам силата на zmírnit, změkčit nedtone; mildne mildern μαλακώνω, μετριάζω reducir, suavizar pehmendama, mahenema از شدت چیزی کاستن pehmentää (s')atténuer, (s')adoucir לְהַחֲלִיש मन्द होना ublažiti, umekšati letompít memperlunak draga úr, milda attenuare 和らげる (소리, 색상, 음성 따위)를 부드럽게 하다 sušvelninti, sušvelnėti notušēt; mīkstināt melembutkan verzachten tone ned, dempe, svekke łagodzić, łagodnieć abrandar a (se) îndulci; a (se) potoli смягчать(ся) zmierniť ublažiti (se) ublažiti tona ner ทำให้หรือกลายเป็นอ่อนนุ่มขึ้น yumuşatmak 緩和 пом'якшувати نرم کرنا، دھيما کرنا giảm âm độ 缓和
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