overtone

o·ver·tone  (vr-tn)

n.

1. An ulterior, usually implicit meaning or quality; an implication or a hint. Often used in the plural: an overtone of anger barely masked; praise with overtones of envy.

2. See harmonic.

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overtone

Noun

1. an additional meaning or hint: I don't want to deny that from time to time there are political overtones

2. Music, acoustics any of the tones, with the exception of the principal or lowest one, that make up a musical sound

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overtone  (vr-tn)

See under harmonic.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	overtone - (usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality; "overtones of despair" plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one meaning, signification, import, significance - the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"
	2.	overtone - a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency partial tone, partial harmonic - a tone that is a component of a complex sound

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overtone

noun (often plural) connotation, association, suggestion, sense, hint, flavour, implication, significance, nuance, colouring, innuendo, undercurrent, intimation

Translations

overtone [ˈəuvətəun] n (fig) → tono

overtone [ˈəuvətəun] n (also: overtones) → note f, sous-entendus mpl

overtone [ˈəuvətəun] n (fig) (also: overtones);

overtones of → Untertöne pl von

overtone [ˈəuvətəun] n (also: overtones) → sfumatura