el
masculine
/ˈtono/
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Translation
tone, shade, pitch
Word origin
From Latin tonus ('a sound, tone'), from Greek tonos ('a stretching, pitch'). The Greek root also gives English 'tone' and 'tonic'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tonus
- English cognates
- tone, tonic
Grammar
Gendermasculine
Pluraltonos
Examples
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I did not like the tone in which he spoke to me.
pintadas .
The walls are painted in a very soft shade of blue.
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The singer reached a very high pitch at the end.
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Please lower your voice, the child is sleeping.
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Her letter had a kind and warm tone.
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