"tone color" meaning in English

See tone color in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: tone colors [plural]
Etymology templates: {{cog|de|Klangfarbe|lit=sound-color}} German Klangfarbe (literally “sound-color”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tone color (plural tone colors)
  1. Synonym of timbre (“quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume”) Synonyms: timbre [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-tone_color-en-noun-rFLgEcCD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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