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n. ton, klang; atmosfär, stämning--------v. ge en ton eller ett ljud* * *[təun] 1. noun1) ((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.) ton, tonfall2) (a shade of colour: various tones of green.) []ton3) (firmness of body or muscle: Your muscles lack tone - you need exercise.) spänst4) (in music, one of the larger intervals in an octave eg between C and D.) helton2. verb(to fit in well; to blend: The brown sofa tones (in) well with the walls.) gå ton i ton, harmoniera- tonal- toneless
- tonelessly
- tone down
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low tone — žemasis tonas statusas T sritis fizika atitikmenys: angl. low tone vok. Tiefton, m rus. низкий тон, m pranc. ton bas, m … Fizikos terminų žodynas
Tone terracing — is a type of phonetic downdrift, where the high or mid tones, but not the low tone, shift downward in pitch (downstep) after certain other tones. The result is that a tone may be realized at a certain pitch over a short stretch of speech, shifts… … Wikipedia
Tone — (t[=o]n), n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei nein to stretch or strain. See {Thin}, and cf.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tone color — Tone Tone (t[=o]n), n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei nein to stretch or strain. See {Thin},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Tone syllable — Tone Tone (t[=o]n), n. [F. ton, L. tonus a sound, tone, fr. Gr. to nos a stretching, straining, raising of the voice, pitch, accent, measure or meter, in pl., modes or keys differing in pitch; akin to tei nein to stretch or strain. See {Thin},… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
low-pitched — [lō′picht′] adj. 1. having a low tone or a low range of tone [a low pitched voice] 2. having little pitch, or slope: said of a roof 3. of low intensity; subdued … English World dictionary
low-frequency hearing loss — low tone hearing loss sensorineural hearing loss of tones at low frequencies … Medical dictionary
Tone (linguistics) — Not to be confused with intonation (linguistics). Top tone ◌̋ ˥ … Wikipedia
Tone letter — Register (level) tone ˥ ˦ ˧ ˨ ˩ IPA number 519–523 Entity … Wikipedia
Tone sandhi — Sound change and alternation Metathesis Quantitative metathesis … Wikipedia
tone — tone1 W2 [təun US toun] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(voice)¦ 2¦(sound)¦ 3¦(general feeling/attitude)¦ 4¦(colour)¦ 5¦(electronic sound)¦ 6 raise/lower the tone (of something) 7¦(body)¦ 8¦(music)¦ 9¦(voice level)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date … Dictionary of contemporary English