"Can you tell?" she asked, in a trembling but well modulated and sensual voice.
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Modulate
//ˈmɒd͡ʒɪleɪt//
Synonyms for "modulate" (150 found)
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Translations
47 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- модилирам verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
- модулирам verb (to change the pitch (transitive))
- променям verb (to regulate)
- регулирам verb (to regulate)
Catalan
2 entries- modular verb (to regulate)
- modular verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 移調 /移调 verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
- 轉調 /转调 verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
Danish
4 entries- modulere verb (to regulate)
- modulere verb (to change the pitch (transitive))
- modulere verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
- regulere verb (to regulate)
Dutch
2 entries- moduleren verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
- moduleren verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
Finnish
4 entries- moduloida verb (to change the pitch (transitive))
- moduloida verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
- moduloida verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
- moduloitua verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
French
4 entries- moduler verb (to regulate)
- moduler verb (to change the pitch (transitive))
- moduler verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
- moduler verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
German
2 entries- modulieren verb (to regulate)
- modulieren verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
Italian
2 entries- modulare verb (to regulate)
- modulare verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
Māori
2 entries- whakaauau verb (to regulate)
- whakaauau verb (to change the pitch (transitive))
Polish
4 entries- cieniować verb (to change the pitch (transitive))
- modulować verb (to regulate)
- modulować verb (to change the pitch (transitive))
- modulować verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
Portuguese
1 entries- modular verb (to regulate)
Russian
3 entries- модули́ровать verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
- модулировать verb (to regulate)
- модулировать verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
Slovene
2 entries- regulirati verb (to regulate)
- uravnati verb (to regulate)
Spanish
1 entries- modular verb (to regulate)
Ukrainian
2 entries- модулюва́ти verb (to vary the amplitude etc.)
- модулюва́ти verb (to move from one key to another (intransitive))
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