"tono" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtono/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt̪oː.n̪o] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜆᜓᜈᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -ono Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tono. Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|es|tono}} Borrowed from Spanish tono Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} tono (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜓ)
  1. (music) tone (specific pitch) Synonyms: tunog
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-lkahmMt3 Categories (other): Music, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 4 1 2 17 1 10 2 12 15 2 2 6 7 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 1 21 1 11 1 12 14 1 1 6 7 2 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 9 3 13 13 3 23 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 21 26 3 7 8 9 3 22 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 11 20 6 10 15 12 7 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 20 25 3 5 10 9 4 24 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (music) tune; melody Synonyms: tugtugin, himig
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-bJaYJRsF Categories (other): Music, Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 4 1 2 17 1 10 2 12 15 2 2 6 7 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 1 21 1 11 1 12 14 1 1 6 7 2 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 9 3 13 13 3 23 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 21 26 3 7 8 9 3 22 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 11 20 6 10 15 12 7 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 20 25 3 5 10 9 4 24 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  3. accent; tone (in one's speech or dialect) Synonyms: punto, estilo
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-648ijUNp
  4. (literature) tone (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-2IHSPFwR Categories (other): Literature, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 11 20 6 10 15 12 7 19 Topics: literature, media, publishing
  5. (linguistics) tone (pitch of a word that distinguishes meaning)
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-GWy4Uu85 Categories (other): Linguistics, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 9 3 13 13 3 23 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 11 20 6 10 15 12 7 19 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  6. (photography) tone (favorable combination of lights in a picture)
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-5NQaeL4t Categories (other): Photography, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 9 3 13 13 3 23 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 11 20 6 10 15 12 7 19 Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
  7. (physiology) tone (definition and firmness of a muscle)
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-yQU-D2jb Categories (other): Physiology Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences
  8. (colloquial) act of making an effort to be compatible with someone Tags: colloquial Synonyms: pakikibagay
    Sense id: en-tono-tl-noun-pjbF2z4w Categories (other): Pages with 12 entries, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 12 entries: 4 1 2 17 1 10 2 12 15 2 2 6 7 3 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 1 1 21 1 11 1 12 14 1 1 6 7 2 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 17 21 9 3 13 13 3 23 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 21 26 3 7 8 9 3 22 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 11 20 6 10 15 12 7 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 20 25 3 5 10 9 4 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ganap na tono, isatono, itono, magkatono, magtono, pakitonohan, tonohan
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      "ipa": "/ˈtono/",
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        "(physiology) tone (definition and firmness of a muscle)"
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          "making an effort",
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        "(colloquial) act of making an effort to be compatible with someone"
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        {
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      "ipa": "[ˈt̪oː.n̪o]",
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        "Standard-Tagalog"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ono"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tono"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-07-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-07-01 using wiktextract (45c4a21 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.