ringtone
See also: ring tone
English
Alternative forms
- ring tone, ring-tone
Etymology
ring + tone
Noun
ringtone (plural ringtones)
- The sound made by a telephone when ringing.
- 1975, LQ Krasin, RD Mccallum, Ringing generator for telephone station terminal - US Patent 3,886,321:
- voltage generator ringtone for installation in terminal stations of telephone communication systems for carrier wave
- 1980, Journal of Mechanical Design, page 229:
- 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.
- 1999, B. Schweber, “Telephony Tone Generator Rings Long Loops”, in Reed Business Information:
- 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;
- 2009, J Kates, R Miller, System and method for providing calling-party identification and/or calling-party or called-party ringback services - US Patent 7,602,901:
- The source and destination nodes may be equipped with ringtone-generation engines to generate ringtones. Each of the ringtones includes at least one audible tone.
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- A customizable tone used to indicate an incoming call on a telephone, especially a mobile phone.
- 2004, The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer; Volume 22:
- So even if the primary purpose of a ringtone is to notify the user of an incoming call, the effect of a ringtone played in public cannot be ignored if the reason users choose ringtones is, in part, in order to impress others .
- 2005, Bill Foust, Mobile Guide to Blackberry, page 121121:
- This actually downloads the ringtone onto your handheld and displays a screen allowing you to save it, shown in Figure 8.12.
- 2006, Alex Turner (lyrics and music), “A Certain Romance”, in Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, performed by Arctic Monkeys:
- There's only music so that there's new ringtones
- 2012, David Pogue, iPhone: The Missing Manual, page 152:
- Using simple audio tools in the iTunes program, you could buy a song for $1, choose a 30-second chunk, pay $1 more for the ringtone, and sync the result to your iPhone.
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Derived terms
- ringtone rap
- ringtone oscillator
Translations
sound made by a telephone when ringing
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Verb
ringtone (third-person singular simple present ringtones, present participle ringtoning, simple past and past participle ringtoned)
- (transitive, intransitive) Of a telephone: to play a ringtone.
- 2015, Herb Borkland, DOG$ (page 15)
- My handheld ringtoned “Happy Days are Here Again.” I withdrew into a quieter corner of Mahogany Bar and stuck a finger in my other ear.
- 2019, Arthur Slade, Amber Fang (Books 1-3): Boxed Set
- The cell reception is less than zero here, but my phone was ringtoning away. I did not like the sound of that.
- 2015, Herb Borkland, DOG$ (page 15)
Anagrams
- integron, nitrogen, retoning
Dutch
Alternative forms
- ringtoon (unofficial)
Etymology
Borrowed from English ringtone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɪŋ.toːn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ring‧tone
Noun
ringtone m (plural ringtones)
- ringtone (sound made by a ringing telephone)
- Synonym: beltoon
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English ringtone.
Noun
ringtone m (plural ringtones)
- ringtone (sound made by a telephone when ringing)
- Synonym: toque
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English ringtone.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /rinˈton/ [rĩn̪ˈt̪õn]
- Rhymes: -on
Noun
ringtone m (plural ringtones)
- ringtone
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.