tone

tone
təun 1. noun
1) ((the quality of) a sound, especially a voice: He spoke in a low/angry/gentle tone; He told me about it in tones of disapproval; That singer/violin/piano has very good tone.) klang, tone(fall)
2) (a shade of colour: various tones of green.) nyanse, fargetone
3) (firmness of body or muscle: Your muscles lack tone - you need exercise.) (muskel)tonus
4) (in music, one of the larger intervals in an octave eg between C and D.) heltone
2. verb
(to fit in well; to blend: The brown sofa tones (in) well with the walls.) stå til, passe/harmonisere med
- toneless
- tonelessly
- tone down
klang
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note
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tone
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tonefall
I
subst. \/təʊn\/
1) tone, tonefall, klang
• the tones of a violin
tonene fra en fiolin
• don't speak to me in that tone!
ikke snakk til meg i den tonen!
• speak in an angry tone
snakke med sint stemme
• she spoke in a low tone (of voice)
hun snakket lavt
• the tone of a piano
klangen av et piano
2) (musikk, også whole tone) heltone
3) (gregoriansk) melodi
4) (språkvitenskap) intonasjon, tonefall, toneleie
5) (maleri, fotografi e.l.) (farge)tone, nyanse, valør
6) karakter, stil
7) atmosfære, stemning, tone, preg, ånd
8) god kondisjon, spenst, form
• it had lost all its tone
den hadde mistet all sin spenst
9) (fysiologi, også muscle tone) (muskel)tonus, tonisitet (spenning)
falling tone (språkvitenskap) falltone
fundamental tone (musikk) grunntone
mental tone god psykisk helse
rising tone (språkvitenskap) stigtone
set the tone (også overført) slå an tonen, angi tonen
sharpen the tone skjerpe tonen
unobtainable tone (telekommunikasjon)
forklaring: ringetone som angir meldingen «ikke tilgjengelig»
a whole tone (musikk) et helt tonetrinn
II
verb \/təʊn\/
1) (om fotografi) tone
2) (musikk) stemme
• the piano needs to be toned
pianoet må stemmes
3) (om maleri, fotografi e.l.) endre fargetone
tone down (også overført) tone ned, dempe, moderere, (av)svekke, mildne, formilde
• the colours are toned down
fargene er tonet ned
• I think you need to tone down your statements
jeg tror du må moderere uttalelsene dine
• can you tone down the pitch?
kan du dempe tonen?
dempes, modereres, tones ned, stemmes ned
tone in with harmonere med, stå godt til
tone up forsterke tonen, tone opp
• I will tone up the colours somewhat
jeg skal tone opp fargene litt
stemme opp styrke
• exercise tones up the muscles
trening styrker musklene
forsterkes (overført) få nye krefter

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