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"word": "allotone"
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"word": "checked tone"
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"word": "combination tone"
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"word": "comfort tone"
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"word": "contour tone"
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"word": "demitone"
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"word": "dialling tone"
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"word": "dial tone"
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"word": "ditone"
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"word": "downtone"
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"word": "dual tone multi-frequency"
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"word": "duotone"
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"word": "eigentone"
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"word": "engaged tone"
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"word": "entering tone"
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"word": "escape tone"
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"word": "flexatone"
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"word": "floating tone"
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"word": "fuzztone"
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"word": "fuzz tone"
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"word": "gammatone"
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"word": "goldtone"
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"word": "half-tone"
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"word": "half tone"
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"word": "hemitonic"
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"word": "intertone"
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"word": "jewel tone"
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"word": "leading tone"
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"word": "meantone"
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"word": "microtone"
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"word": "middletone"
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"word": "midtone"
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"word": "mistone"
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"word": "mosstone"
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"word": "multitone"
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"word": "muscle tone"
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"word": "neighbor tone"
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"word": "non-harmonic tone"
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"word": "overtone"
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"word": "paratone"
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"word": "passing tone"
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"word": "pentatone"
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"word": "polytone"
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"word": "quadtone"
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"word": "quarter tone"
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"word": "quarter-tone"
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"word": "realtone"
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"word": "retone"
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"word": "ring tone"
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"word": "room tone"
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"word": "screentone"
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"word": "semitone"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "serotonin"
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"word": "sesquitone"
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"word": "set the tone"
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"word": "Shepard tone"
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"word": "sidetone"
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"word": "silvertone"
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"word": "skintone"
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"word": "subtone"
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"word": "Tartini tone"
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"word": "tendency tone"
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"word": "tonable"
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"word": "tonearm"
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"word": "tone arm"
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"word": "tonebar"
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"word": "tone bar"
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"word": "tone-bearing unit"
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"word": "tone color"
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"word": "tone-deafly"
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"word": "tone dialing"
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"word": "tone dialling"
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"word": "tone hole"
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"word": "tone indicator"
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"word": "toneless"
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"word": "tonelike"
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"word": "tone mapping"
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"word": "tone mark"
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"word": "tone meeting"
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"word": "tone number"
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"word": "tone of voice"
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"word": "tonepad"
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"word": "tone painting"
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"word": "tone poem"
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"word": "tone police"
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"word": "tone policing"
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"word": "tone sandhi"
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"word": "tone scale"
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"word": "tone tag"
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"word": "tone terracing"
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"word": "tonewheel"
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"word": "tonewood"
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"word": "tonification"
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"word": "tonify"
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"word": "tonology"
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"word": "tonous"
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"word": "touchtone"
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"word": "touch-tone"
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"word": "touch-tone dialing"
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"word": "tri-tone"
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"word": "tritone"
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"word": "truetone"
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"word": "twelve-tone"
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"word": "twelve-tone technique"
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"word": "two-tone"
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"word": "undertone"
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"word": "video dial tone"
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"word": "whole-tone scale"
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"word": "wolf tone"
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"word": "betone"
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"word": "atonal"
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"A specific pitch."
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"(music) A specific pitch."
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"(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second."
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"(music) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second."
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"word": "waetahi"
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"code": "pt",
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"lang": "Vietnamese",
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"(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody."
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"Gregorian chant",
"Gregorian chant"
],
[
"recitational",
"recitational"
],
[
"melody",
"melody"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "2 9 34 1 7 1 1 16 2 2 5 3 3 4 2 6",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "recitational melody",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ton"
},
{
"_dis1": "2 9 34 1 7 1 1 16 2 2 5 3 3 4 2 6",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "recitational melody",
"word": "feo"
}
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice."
],
"id": "en-tone-en-noun-OcE4ds-M",
"links": [
[
"sound",
"sound"
],
[
"timbre",
"timbre"
],
[
"instrument",
"instrument"
],
[
"voice",
"voice"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "intonacija",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "интонация"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klang"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toon"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "sointi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "sointiväri"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "sävy"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Klang"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "nipi"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tslil",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צְלִיל"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טוֹן"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "glór"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonis"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonas"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "tondrom-peo"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "mi",
"english": "referring to speaking",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "waihoe"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barwa"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "brzmienie"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zabarwienie"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tono"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klang"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "âm sắc"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "tiếng"
},
{
"_dis1": "1 1 2 80 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 0 3 2",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "giọng"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Linguistics",
"orig": "en:Linguistics",
"parents": [
"Language",
"Social sciences",
"Communication",
"Sciences",
"Society",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
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"The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese."
],
"id": "en-tone-en-noun-8-A8a0ok",
"links": [
[
"linguistics",
"linguistics"
],
[
"pitch",
"pitch"
],
[
"word",
"word"
],
[
"distinguishes",
"distinguishes"
],
[
"difference",
"difference"
],
[
"meaning",
"meaning"
],
[
"Chinese",
"Chinese"
]
],
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"(linguistics) The pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese."
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"sciences"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḡma",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَغْمَة"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḡm",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَغْم"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.sam-a.nim.a.mrang.",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့်"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "to"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "yue",
"english": "sing¹ diu⁶",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sing¹",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "sâng-thiau",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "声调"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngdiào",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēng",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"english": "4 tones",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "四聲"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sì shēng",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "四声"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tón"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tone"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "tonefald"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toon"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "tooni"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "sävelkorko"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ton"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "lahjā",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "लहजा"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "tónus"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "nada"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"alt": "せいちょう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "seichō",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声調"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōn",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "トーン"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "soo, soora'",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "សូរ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"alt": "聲調",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seongjo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "성조"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sīang",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "ສຽງ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "wan na nyut",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "ວັນນະຍຸດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonis"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "intonācija"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonas"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "haabom-peo"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "ton"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "zhítsʼóóz"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "nv",
"english": "high tone",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "wódahí"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "nv",
"english": "falling tone",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "náyaa"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "nv",
"english": "rising tone",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "nádei"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "tone"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "sur",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "ਸੁਰ"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "sr",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "سر"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"_dis1": "4 4 5 0 55 1 3 8 1 2 4 3 2 2 3 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
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"text": "c. 1714 (undated), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, letter to Alexander Pope\nThe strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, […] drag the mind down […] from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business."
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"ref": "1993, “9 Little Millimeta Boys”, in 8Ball (lyrics), Comin' Out Hard",
"text": "But nigga don't step wrong, cuz 8ball keep a tone",
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},
{
"ref": "1994, “Murda In Da 1st Degree”, in Princess Loko (lyrics), Ashes 2 Ashes, Dust 2 Dust",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2002, “Mouth Write a Check”, in Project Pat (lyrics), Layin' da Smack Down",
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"type": "quotation"
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},
{
"ref": "2016 December 30, Francine Kopun, “Sleepy Yonge and St. Clair gets a makeover”, in Toronto Star",
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"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 2, “Many solutions, some small, needed to tackle addictions in the N.W.T.”, in CBC",
"text": "\"What struck me most was not necessarily what was said but ... the tone of the room, ... the fear and anxiety that people have for their family members who are currently in the grip of addiction,\" Green said.",
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}
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[
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"ref": "1904, May Sinclair, The Divine Fire, H. Holt, page 340",
"text": "\"I am going to raise the tone of the business. That's wot I want you for. To raise the tone of the business.\"",
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"ref": "1911, Charles Augustus Jenkens, The Bride's Return, Or, How Grand Avenue Church Came to Christ, C.H. Robinson, page 67",
"text": "The teaching we have had of late has lowered the tone of Christianity, as the remarks by the two gentlemen who preceded me will attest; and, instead of producing stalwart manhood, it has generated a brood of mountebanks. Give us a pure Gospel or a vacant pulpit!",
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"ref": "2015 July 9, Simon Leo Brown, “St Kilda's Fitzroy Street left to rot says hotel owner”, in ABC News",
"text": "But Mr Fagan said the tone of the street was brought down by the presence of people he termed \"the Gatwickians\" — residents of a rooming house called the Gatwick Private Hotel.",
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"ref": "2016 July 11, Leah McLaren, “After Brexit, a political revolution in the U.K.—for women”, in Maclean's",
"text": "But for anyone hoping that what proved to be a brief two-way female Tory leadership race might have raised the tone of British politics—currently at an all-time low after the vicious backroom machinations of Brexit referendum—the news wasn't promising.",
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"ref": "2017 December 11, Michael Hann, “C7 bulbs or C9s? How Christmas lights became a nerdy obsession”, in The Guardian",
"text": "That story is replicated wherever there is a brightly decorated house and a neighbour who cares about the tone of the street.",
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"text": "c. 1714 (undated), Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, letter to Alexander Pope\nThe strange situation I am in and the melancholy state of public affairs, […] drag the mind down […] from a philosophical tone or temper, to the drudgery of private and public business."
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"ref": "2017, Adam Rutherford, A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived, The Experiment, page 81",
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"ref": "1994, “Murda In Da 1st Degree”, in Princess Loko (lyrics), Ashes 2 Ashes, Dust 2 Dust",
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"English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "2016 July 25, Megan McDermott, “'Repeal the 8th' mural in Project Arts Centre in Temple Bar removed”, in Irish Times",
"text": "Mr O'Brien confirmed the warning from the council was based on the fact that the structure the mural was painted on was not a temporary one and on the claim that it changes the tone of the street and impacts on the area.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 December 30, Francine Kopun, “Sleepy Yonge and St. Clair gets a makeover”, in Toronto Star",
"text": "Manuel expects that once 2 St. Clair West is done it will change the tone of the neighbourhood.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2022 December 2, “Many solutions, some small, needed to tackle addictions in the N.W.T.”, in CBC",
"text": "\"What struck me most was not necessarily what was said but ... the tone of the room, ... the fear and anxiety that people have for their family members who are currently in the grip of addiction,\" Green said.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.)."
],
"links": [
[
"character",
"character"
],
[
"atmosphere",
"atmosphere"
],
[
"mood",
"mood"
],
[
"vibe",
"vibe"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.)."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1904, May Sinclair, The Divine Fire, H. Holt, page 340",
"text": "\"I am going to raise the tone of the business. That's wot I want you for. To raise the tone of the business.\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1911, Charles Augustus Jenkens, The Bride's Return, Or, How Grand Avenue Church Came to Christ, C.H. Robinson, page 67",
"text": "The teaching we have had of late has lowered the tone of Christianity, as the remarks by the two gentlemen who preceded me will attest; and, instead of producing stalwart manhood, it has generated a brood of mountebanks. Give us a pure Gospel or a vacant pulpit!",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015 July 9, Simon Leo Brown, “St Kilda's Fitzroy Street left to rot says hotel owner”, in ABC News",
"text": "But Mr Fagan said the tone of the street was brought down by the presence of people he termed \"the Gatwickians\" — residents of a rooming house called the Gatwick Private Hotel.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016 July 11, Leah McLaren, “After Brexit, a political revolution in the U.K.—for women”, in Maclean's",
"text": "But for anyone hoping that what proved to be a brief two-way female Tory leadership race might have raised the tone of British politics—currently at an all-time low after the vicious backroom machinations of Brexit referendum—the news wasn't promising.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2017 December 11, Michael Hann, “C7 bulbs or C9s? How Christmas lights became a nerdy obsession”, in The Guardian",
"text": "That story is replicated wherever there is a brightly decorated house and a neighbour who cares about the tone of the street.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The quality of being respectable or admirable."
],
"links": [
[
"respectable",
"respectable"
],
[
"admirable",
"admirable"
]
],
"qualifier": "Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something",
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively)",
"(Chiefly in the form lower/raise the tone of something) The quality of being respectable or admirable."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/təʊn/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/toʊn/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-əʊn"
},
{
"audio": "en-us-tone.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/a/a4/En-us-tone.ogg/En-us-tone.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/En-us-tone.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"enpr": "tōn"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "an interval of a major second",
"word": "whole tone"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "տոն"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "to"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tón"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tone"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "noot"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "ääni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "nuotti"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "ṭoni",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "ტონი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ton"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "tónos",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "τόνος"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "nipi"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tslil",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צְלִיל"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טוֹן"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tono"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "tōn",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "トーン"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonas"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "nôty"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "nada"
},
{
"code": "ota",
"lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
"roman": "ses",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "سس"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "parde",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"singular"
],
"word": "پرده"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "tāna",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "तान"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tono"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "tono"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "specific pitch, quality and duration; a note",
"word": "tiếng"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "tonu"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "cjala nota",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "цяла нота"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "cyun⁴ jam¹",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "全音"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "quányīn",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "全音"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tón"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "hele toon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "sävel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "kokosävel"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טוֹן"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonas"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "waetahi"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tono"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "helton"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "interval of a major second",
"word": "nốt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "recitational melody",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ton"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "recitational melody",
"word": "feo"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "intonacija",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "интонация"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klang"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toon"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "timbre"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "sointi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "sointiväri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "sävy"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Klang"
},
{
"code": "kl",
"lang": "Greenlandic",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "nipi"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "tslil",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "צְלִיל"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "טוֹן"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "glór"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonis"
},
{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonas"
},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "tondrom-peo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"english": "referring to speaking",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "waihoe"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "barwa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "brzmienie"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "zabarwienie"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tono"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "klang"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "âm sắc"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "tiếng"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice",
"word": "giọng"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḡma",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "نَغْمَة"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "naḡm",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "نَغْم"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "тон"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "a.sam-a.nim.a.mrang.",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "အသံအနိမ့်အမြင့်"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "to"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"english": "sing¹ diu⁶",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "sing¹",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"code": "hak",
"lang": "Hakka Chinese",
"roman": "sâng-thiau",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"code": "nan-hbl",
"lang": "Chinese",
"roman": "zh-min-nan",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"Hokkien"
],
"word": "声调"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲調"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēngdiào",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声调"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "聲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shēng",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "声"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"english": "4 tones",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "四聲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sì shēng",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "四声"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tón"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "tone"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "tonefald"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "tooni"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "sävelkorko"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Ton"
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{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "tónus"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "nada"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
},
{
"alt": "せいちょう",
"code": "ja",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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{
"code": "km",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "សូរ"
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{
"alt": "聲調",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "seongjo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "성조"
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{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "sīang",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "ສຽງ"
},
{
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "wan na nyut",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "ວັນນະຍຸດ"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tonis"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "mk",
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"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "mg",
"lang": "Malagasy",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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"code": "nv",
"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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"lang": "Navajo",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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{
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},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "pa",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "ਸੁਰ"
},
{
"code": "pa",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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],
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{
"code": "sh",
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"masculine"
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{
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"masculine"
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{
"code": "sk",
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"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "sl",
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{
"code": "es",
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],
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{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
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"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "วรรณยุกต์"
},
{
"code": "uk",
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"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"alt": "聲調",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "thanh điệu"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
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{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "ton",
"sense": "pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning",
"word": "טאָן"
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{
"code": "bg",
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"tags": [
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],
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{
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "to"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
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],
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},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
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},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toon"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"word": "äänensävy"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Stimmung"
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{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "cuma"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"tags": [
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],
"word": "tonis"
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{
"code": "lt",
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],
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
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{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
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"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"word": "لحن"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "intonácija",
"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "интона́ция"
},
{
"code": "ru",
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"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "es",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tono"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "ton"
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{
"code": "tl",
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"sense": "manner in which speech or writing is expressed",
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},
{
"code": "th",
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"word": "น้ำเสียง"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"word": "գուներանգ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tonalnost",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "тоналност"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "to"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"word": "farvetone"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"word": "nuance"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "toon"
},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"word": "sävy"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"word": "väri"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Farbton"
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ton"
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{
"code": "lv",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "tonis"
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
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{
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
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{
"code": "ms",
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{
"code": "fa",
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"word": "تن"
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "odcień"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tom"
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{
"code": "ru",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
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"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "tono"
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{
"code": "sv",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "ton"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
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"common-gender"
],
"word": "nyans"
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{
"code": "vi",
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"sense": "shade or quality of a colour",
"word": "sắc"
},
{
"code": "bg",
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{
"code": "cs",
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"code": "da",
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{
"code": "da",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "pt",
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"code": "uk",
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{
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{
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{
"sense": "change the colour of",
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{
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"code": "bg",
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"word": "тонирам"
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"code": "da",
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "change the colour of",
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