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Results for: "tone"

Translating from English to Romanian

Translations:

tone — pitch tone in a tonal language
→ ton
tone — specific pitch, quality and duration
→ ton n

More translations:

tone
→ ton, timbru
tone
→ ton, nuanță
tone
→ tonus
tone
→ ton
tone
→ a se potrivi (cu)

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 10

  1. the quality of a person's voice

    • “he began in a conversational tone”
    • “he spoke in a nervous tone of voice”
    Synonymstone of voice

  2. (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages

    • “the Beijing dialect uses four tones”

  3. (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”
    Synonymstimbretimberquality
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  1. 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”
    Synonymsspiritfeelfeelingflavorflavourlooksmell

  2. a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

    • “after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted”
    Synonymsshadetinttincture

  3. a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

    • “the singer held the note too long”
    Synonymsnotemusical note

  4. a steady sound without overtones

    • “they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies”
    Synonymspure tone

  5. the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli

    • “the doctor tested my tonicity”
    Synonymstonicitytonus

  6. a musical interval of two semitones

    Synonymswhole tonestepwhole step

  7. 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”

VERB 5

  1. utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

    • “The students chanted the same slogan over and over again”
    Synonymschantintone

  2. vary the pitch of one's speech

    Synonymsinflectmodulate

  3. change the color or tone of

    • “tone a negative”
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  1. change to a color image

    • “tone a photographic image”

  2. give a healthy elasticity to

    • “Let's tone our muscles”
    Synonymstone upstrengthen