"ringtone" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: ringtones [plural]
Etymology: From ring + tone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ring|tone}} ring + tone Head templates: {{en-noun}} ringtone (plural ringtones)
  1. The sound made by a telephone when ringing. Translations (sound made by a telephone when ringing): نَغْمَة الرَنَّة (naḡmat ar-ranna) [feminine] (Arabic), نَغْمَة رَنِين (naḡmat ranīn) [feminine] (Arabic), نَغْمَة (naḡma) [feminine] (Arabic), рингтон (rington) (Bulgarian), 鈴聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 铃声 (língshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 鈴音 (Chinese Mandarin), 铃音 (língyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), vyzváněcí melodie (note: of a cell phone) [feminine] (Czech), vyzváněcí tón [masculine] (Czech), ringtone [masculine] (Dutch), beltoon [masculine] (Dutch), soittoääni (Finnish), sonnerie [feminine] (French), sonnerie de téléphone [feminine] (French), Klingelton [masculine] (German), נעימון (ne'imón) [masculine] (Hebrew), רינגטון (Hebrew), रिंगटोन (riṅgṭon) (Hindi), रिंग टोन (riṅg ṭon) (Hindi), csengőhang (Hungarian), hringitónn [masculine] (Icelandic), nada dering (Indonesian), suoneria [feminine] (Italian), 着信音 (chakushin'on) (alt: ちゃくしんおん) (Japanese), 着メロ (chaku-mero) (Japanese), 着信メロディ (chakushin merodī) (Japanese), សំឡេងរោទ៍ (sɑmleing roo) (Khmer), ringetone (Norwegian), dzwonek [masculine] (Polish), ringtone [masculine] (Portuguese), toque [masculine] (Portuguese), ton de apel [neuter] (Romanian), звоно́к (zvonók) [masculine] (Russian), рингто́н (ringtón) [masculine] (Russian), мело́дия (melódija) [feminine] (Russian), мело́дия для моби́льного телефо́на (melódija dlja mobílʹnovo telefóna) [feminine] (Russian), ringtone [masculine] (Spanish), tono de llamada [masculine] (Spanish), ringsignal (Swedish), రింగ్టోన్ (riṅgṭōn) (Telugu), เสียงเรียกเข้า (sǐiang-rîiak-kâo) (Thai), ริงโทน (Thai), zil sesi (Turkish), nhạc chờ (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-ringtone-en-noun-4yMB7PtR Disambiguation of 'sound made by a telephone when ringing': 95 5
  2. A customizable tone used to indicate an incoming call on a telephone, especially a mobile phone. Categories (topical): Mobile phones
    Sense id: en-ringtone-en-noun-8o~ND215 Disambiguation of Mobile phones: 8 85 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hindi translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 78 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 10 78 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 81 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 25 67 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 72 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 75 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 79 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 18 74 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 14 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 76 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 9 81 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 10 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 26 66 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 14 72 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 12 80 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 79 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 78 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 12 79 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 11 78 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 12 79 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 13 78 9
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Synonyms: ring tone, ring-tone Derived forms: ringtone rap, ringtone oscillator

Verb

Forms: ringtones [present, singular, third-person], ringtoning [participle, present], ringtoned [participle, past], ringtoned [past]
Etymology: From ring + tone. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ring|tone}} ring + tone Head templates: {{en-verb}} ringtone (third-person singular simple present ringtones, present participle ringtoning, simple past and past participle ringtoned)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) Of a telephone: to play a ringtone. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-ringtone-en-verb-MEPcq0Uz
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: ring tone, ring-tone

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "voltage generator ringtone for installation in terminal stations of telephone communication systems for carrier wave",
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          "text": "The transducers used to measure cavity dynamic pressure and reed dynamic displacement are calibrated before each test, the ringtone oscillator assembly produces a sinusoidal driving pressure, with at most, a few small harmonics.",
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          "text": "Introduces LT1684, a ringtone-generator integrated circuit (IC) for telephone systems from Linear Technology in California. Elimination of need for optoisolators; Function of active multipole filter within the IC; Adjustment of cadence, frequency and amplitude information;",
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  "word": "ringtone"
}

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