Overtone

//ˈoʊvɚtoʊn//

Synonyms for "overtone" (111 found)

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Related word relations

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Synonyms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

37 translations across 16 languages.

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Belarusian

1 entries
  • аберто́н noun (harmonic)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • обертон noun (harmonic)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 汎音 /泛音 noun (harmonic)
  • 泛音 noun (harmonic)

Finnish

1 entries
  • yläsävel noun (harmonic)

French

4 entries
  • connotation noun (implicit meaning)
  • harmonique noun (harmonic)
  • partiel noun (harmonic)
  • sous-entendu noun (implicit meaning)

German

1 entries
  • Oberton noun (harmonic)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • beütés noun (implicit meaning)
  • felhang noun (harmonic)
  • felhang noun (implicit meaning)
  • mellékzönge noun (implicit meaning)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • yfirtónn noun (harmonic)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 倍音 noun (harmonic)

Māori

2 entries
  • hawarite noun (harmonic)
  • oro tāpiri noun (harmonic)

Polish

3 entries
  • alikwot noun (harmonic)
  • podtekst noun (implicit meaning)
  • wydźwięk noun (implicit meaning)

Russian

4 entries
  • гармо́ника noun (harmonic)
  • намёк noun (implicit meaning)
  • но́тка noun (implicit meaning)
  • оберто́н noun (harmonic)

Spanish

4 entries
  • connotación noun (implicit meaning)
  • difónico noun (harmonic)
  • implicación noun (implicit meaning)
  • sobreentendido noun (implicit meaning)

Swedish

1 entries
  • överton noun (harmonic)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • sampawlinig noun (harmonic)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • оберто́н noun (harmonic)

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

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A window opened above the shop, and a frowsty-looking man, yellow-pale, was quickly and nervously hauling in the national flag. There were shouts of derision and mockery—a great overtone of acrid derision—the flag and its owner ignominiously disappeared.

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The lawyer and twice-divorced mother of three [Marine Le Pen] had presented herself as the modern face of her party, trying to strip it of unsavoury overtones after her father's [Jean-Marie Le Pen's] convictions for saying the Nazi occupation of France was not "particularly inhumane".

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It has already been established that the crew was competent and qualified for operation of AS66. With the exception of some overtones of irritation about the manner in which another aircraft, N799Y, affected the flight's progress into the Juneau area, the recorded cockpit conversation, in general, reflects a relaxed but businesslike atmosphere.

Source: wiktionary

The flesh tints appear to have been darkened by being overworked; the draperies are overtoned in the same way […]

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