Tone
//toʊn//
Translations of "tone" (59 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | τόνος(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | tónos | |
| Arabic | نَغْم(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), نَغْمَة(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | naḡm, naḡma | |
| Armenian | գուներանգ(shade or quality of a colour), տոն(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | gunerang, ton | |
| Basque | tonu(interval of a major second) | — | |
| Belarusian | тон(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | ton | |
| Bulgarian | интонация(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), оттенък(shade or quality of a colour), тон(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), тон(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), тон(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), тон(shade or quality of a colour), тоналност(favourable effect of a picture), тонус(firmness of a muscle or organ), цяла нота(interval of a major second), тонизирам(make (something) firmer), тонирам(give a tone to), тонирам(change the colour of) | intonacija, ottenǎk, ton, ton, ton, ton, tonalnost, tonus, cjala nota, toniziram, toniram, toniram | |
| Burmese | အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့်(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | a.sam-a.nim.a.mrang. | |
| Catalan | to(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), to(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), to(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), to(shade or quality of a colour) | — | |
| Chinese | 聲調 /声调(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | zh-min-nan | |
| Chinese Cantonese | 全音(interval of a major second), 聲 /声(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), 聲調 /声调(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | cyun⁴ jam¹, sing¹ | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 全音(interval of a major second), 四聲 /四声(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), 聲 /声(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), 聲調 /声调(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | quányīn, sì shēng, shēng, shēngdiào | |
| Czech | tonus(firmness of a muscle or organ), tón(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tón(interval of a major second), tón(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Danish | farvetone(shade or quality of a colour), klang(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), nuance(shade or quality of a colour), spændingstilstand(firmness of a muscle or organ), tone(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tone(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tone(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), tonefald(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tonefald(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), tonus(firmness of a muscle or organ), forstærke(make (something) firmer), styrke(make (something) firmer), tone(give a tone to), tone(change the colour of) | — | |
| Dutch | hele toon(interval of a major second), noot(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), timbre(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), toon(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), toon(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), toon(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), toon(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), toon(shade or quality of a colour) | — | |
| Esperanto | tono(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | — | |
| Finnish | jänteys(firmness of a muscle or organ), kokosävel(interval of a major second), nuotti(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), sointi(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), sointiväri(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), sävel(interval of a major second), sävelkorko(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), sävy(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), sävy(shade or quality of a colour), tooni(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), väri(shade or quality of a colour), äänensävy(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), ääni(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), jänteyttää(make (something) firmer), kiinteyttää(make (something) firmer), sävyttää(give a tone to), sävyttää(change the colour of), värjätä(change the colour of) | — | |
| French | ton(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), ton(interval of a major second), ton(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Friulian | ton(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | — | |
| Galician | ton(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), ton(interval of a major second) | — | |
| Georgian | ტონი(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | ṭoni | |
| German | Farbton(shade or quality of a colour), Klang(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), Stimmung(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), Ton(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), Ton(recitational melody), Ton(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Greenlandic | nipi(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), nipi(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice) | — | |
| Hakka Chinese | 聲調 /声调(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | sâng-thiau | |
| Hebrew | טוֹן(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), טוֹן(interval of a major second), טוֹן(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), צְלִיל(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), צְלִיל(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice) | ton, ton, ton, tslil, tslil | |
| Hindi | लहजा(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | lahjā | |
| Hungarian | tónus(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Indonesian | nada(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Irish | cuma(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), glór(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), ton(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), ton(interval of a major second), ton(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), ton(shade or quality of a colour) | — | |
| Italian | tono(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | — | |
| Japanese | トーン(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), トーン(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), 声調(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | tōn, tōn, seichō | |
| Khmer | សូរ(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | soo, soora' | |
| Korean | 성조(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | seongjo | |
| Lao | ວັນນະຍຸດ(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), ສຽງ(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | wan na nyut, sīang | |
| Latvian | intonācija(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tonis(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tonis(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), tonis(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tonis(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), tonis(shade or quality of a colour) | — | |
| Lithuanian | atspalvis(shade or quality of a colour), tonas(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tonas(interval of a major second), tonas(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), tonas(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tonas(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), tonas(shade or quality of a colour), tonusas(firmness of a muscle or organ) | — | |
| Macedonian | тон(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | ton | |
| Malagasy | feo(recitational melody), haabom-peo(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), hery(firmness of a muscle or organ), nôty(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tondrom-peo(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), mamadi-doko(change the colour of) | — | |
| Malay | nada(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), ton(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tona(shade or quality of a colour) | — | |
| Māori | hā(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), waetahi(interval of a major second), waihoe(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice) | — | |
| Navajo | nádei(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), náyaa(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), wódahí(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), zhítsʼóóz(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Norwegian | tone(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Ottoman Turkish | سس(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | ses | |
| Persian | تن(shade or quality of a colour), لحن(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), پرده(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | ton, lahn, parde | |
| Polish | barwa(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), brzmienie(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), odcień(shade or quality of a colour), ton(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), ton(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), zabarwienie(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice) | — | |
| Portuguese | tom(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tom(interval of a major second), tom(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), tom(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tom(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), tom(shade or quality of a colour), tono(firmness of a muscle or organ), tônus(firmness of a muscle or organ) | — | |
| Punjabi | سر(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), ਸੁਰ(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | sr, sur | |
| Russian | интона́ция(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), отте́нок(shade or quality of a colour), то́нус(firmness of a muscle or organ), тон(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), тон(interval of a major second), тон(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), тон(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), тон(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), тон(shade or quality of a colour) | intonácija, otténok, tónus, ton, ton, ton, ton, ton, ton | |
| Sanskrit | तान(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note) | tāna | |
| Serbo-Croatian | ton(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), тон(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Slovak | tón(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Slovene | ton(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Spanish | tono(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tono(interval of a major second), tono(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), tono(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tono(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), tono(shade or quality of a colour) | — | |
| Swedish | helton(interval of a major second), klang(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), nyans(shade or quality of a colour), ton(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), ton(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), ton(shade or quality of a colour), tona(give a tone to), tona(change the colour of) | — | |
| Tagalog | tono(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tono(manner in which speech or writing is expressed) | — | |
| Thai | น้ำเสียง(manner in which speech or writing is expressed), วรรณยุกต์(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | náam-sǐiang, wan-ná-yúk | |
| Ukrainian | то́нус(firmness of a muscle or organ), тон(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | tónus, ton | |
| Vietnamese | giọng(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), giọng(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), nốt(interval of a major second), sắc(shade or quality of a colour), thanh(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), thanh điệu(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning), tiếng(specific pitch, quality and duration; a note), tiếng(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice), âm sắc(character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice) | — | |
| Welsh | tôn(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | — | |
| Yiddish | טאָן(pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning) | ton |
tonu
интонация, оттенък, тон, тон, тон, тон, тоналност, тонус, цяла нота, тонизирам, тонирам, тонирам
intonacija, ottenǎk, ton, ton, ton, ton, tonalnost, tonus, cjala nota, toniziram, toniram, toniram
to, to, to, to
tonus, tón, tón, tón
farvetone, klang, nuance, spændingstilstand, tone, tone, tone, tonefald, tonefald, tonus, forstærke, styrke, tone, tone
hele toon, noot, timbre, toon, toon, toon, toon, toon
tono
jänteys, kokosävel, nuotti, sointi, sointiväri, sävel, sävelkorko, sävy, sävy, tooni, väri, äänensävy, ääni, jänteyttää, kiinteyttää, sävyttää, sävyttää, värjätä
ton, ton, ton
ton
ton, ton
Farbton, Klang, Stimmung, Ton, Ton, Ton
nipi, nipi
tónus
nada
cuma, glór, ton, ton, ton, ton
tono
intonācija, tonis, tonis, tonis, tonis, tonis
atspalvis, tonas, tonas, tonas, tonas, tonas, tonas, tonusas
feo, haabom-peo, hery, nôty, tondrom-peo, mamadi-doko
nada, ton, tona
hā, waetahi, waihoe
nádei, náyaa, wódahí, zhítsʼóóz
tone
barwa, brzmienie, odcień, ton, ton, zabarwienie
tom, tom, tom, tom, tom, tom, tono, tônus
интона́ция, отте́нок, то́нус, тон, тон, тон, тон, тон, тон
intonácija, otténok, tónus, ton, ton, ton, ton, ton, ton
ton, тон
tón
ton
tono, tono, tono, tono, tono, tono
helton, klang, nyans, ton, ton, ton, tona, tona
tono, tono
giọng, giọng, nốt, sắc, thanh, thanh điệu, tiếng, tiếng, âm sắc
tôn
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