tonal
See also: tonął
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊnəl/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊnəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊnəl
Etymology 1
tone + -al
Adjective
tonal (comparative more tonal, superlative most tonal)
- Of or relating to tones or tonality.
- Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
- 2011 December 5, James Poniewozik, “Boardwalk Empire Watch: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?”, in Time:
- The lurid way the story played out felt like a tonal shift for Empire, but not necessarily a bad one—in the process of shedding its cool costume-drama attitude for grotesque family dysfunction, the episode felt for once less like a story about Prohibition and more one about a specific set of people.
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- (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
- (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
Antonyms
- atonal
Related terms
- tonality
- tonally
Translations
of or relating to tones or tonality
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employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic
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employing differences in pitch to distinguish differences in meaning
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Etymology 2
From Nahuatl tōnalli (“day, day sign”).
Alternative forms
- tona
Noun
tonal (plural tonals)
- (in Mesoamerican mythology) An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
- 1989, Robert Bartley Taylor, Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, page 122:
- When a tonal suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it.
- 1989, Robert Bartley Taylor, Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, page 122:
Related terms
- tonalli
See also
- nahual
Anagrams
- Alton, Laton, Talon, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, talon
Central Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- (Amecameca): tonatih
- (Milpa Alta): tonaltzintli
Etymology
From Classical Nahuatl tonatiuh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːˈna.l/
Noun
tonal
- (Tlaxcala) sun
French
Etymology
ton + -al
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
tonal (feminine tonale, masculine plural tonaux, feminine plural tonales)
- tonal
Further reading
- “tonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Etymology
Ton + -al
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈnaːl/
Audio (file)
Adjective
tonal (strong nominative masculine singular tonaler, comparative tonaler, superlative am tonalsten)
- tonal
Declension
Positive forms of tonal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist tonal | sie ist tonal | es ist tonal | sie sind tonal | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | tonaler | tonale | tonales | tonale |
| genitive | tonalen | tonaler | tonalen | tonaler | |
| dative | tonalem | tonaler | tonalem | tonalen | |
| accusative | tonalen | tonale | tonales | tonale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der tonale | die tonale | das tonale | die tonalen |
| genitive | des tonalen | der tonalen | des tonalen | der tonalen | |
| dative | dem tonalen | der tonalen | dem tonalen | den tonalen | |
| accusative | den tonalen | die tonale | das tonale | die tonalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein tonaler | eine tonale | ein tonales | (keine) tonalen |
| genitive | eines tonalen | einer tonalen | eines tonalen | (keiner) tonalen | |
| dative | einem tonalen | einer tonalen | einem tonalen | (keinen) tonalen | |
| accusative | einen tonalen | eine tonale | ein tonales | (keine) tonalen | |
Comparative forms of tonal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist tonaler | sie ist tonaler | es ist tonaler | sie sind tonaler | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | tonalerer | tonalere | tonaleres | tonalere |
| genitive | tonaleren | tonalerer | tonaleren | tonalerer | |
| dative | tonalerem | tonalerer | tonalerem | tonaleren | |
| accusative | tonaleren | tonalere | tonaleres | tonalere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der tonalere | die tonalere | das tonalere | die tonaleren |
| genitive | des tonaleren | der tonaleren | des tonaleren | der tonaleren | |
| dative | dem tonaleren | der tonaleren | dem tonaleren | den tonaleren | |
| accusative | den tonaleren | die tonalere | das tonalere | die tonaleren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein tonalerer | eine tonalere | ein tonaleres | (keine) tonaleren |
| genitive | eines tonaleren | einer tonaleren | eines tonaleren | (keiner) tonaleren | |
| dative | einem tonaleren | einer tonaleren | einem tonaleren | (keinen) tonaleren | |
| accusative | einen tonaleren | eine tonalere | ein tonaleres | (keine) tonaleren | |
Superlative forms of tonal
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist am tonalsten | sie ist am tonalsten | es ist am tonalsten | sie sind am tonalsten | |
| strong declension (without article) | nominative | tonalster | tonalste | tonalstes | tonalste |
| genitive | tonalsten | tonalster | tonalsten | tonalster | |
| dative | tonalstem | tonalster | tonalstem | tonalsten | |
| accusative | tonalsten | tonalste | tonalstes | tonalste | |
| weak declension (with definite article) | nominative | der tonalste | die tonalste | das tonalste | die tonalsten |
| genitive | des tonalsten | der tonalsten | des tonalsten | der tonalsten | |
| dative | dem tonalsten | der tonalsten | dem tonalsten | den tonalsten | |
| accusative | den tonalsten | die tonalste | das tonalste | die tonalsten | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) | nominative | ein tonalster | eine tonalste | ein tonalstes | (keine) tonalsten |
| genitive | eines tonalsten | einer tonalsten | eines tonalsten | (keiner) tonalsten | |
| dative | einem tonalsten | einer tonalsten | einem tonalsten | (keinen) tonalsten | |
| accusative | einen tonalsten | eine tonalste | ein tonalstes | (keine) tonalsten | |
Further reading
- “tonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “tonal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “tonal” in Duden online
Highland Puebla Nahuatl
Alternative forms
- to̱nal
Noun
tonal
- sun
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin tonus + -al.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /toˈnaw/ [toˈnaʊ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /tuˈnal/ [tuˈnaɫ]
- Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
- Hyphenation: to‧nal
Adjective
tonal m or f (plural tonais, not comparable)
- tonal
Derived terms
- tonalmente
References
- “tonal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “tonal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian
Etymology
From French tonal.
Adjective
tonal m or n (feminine singular tonală, masculine plural tonali, feminine and neuter plural tonale)
- tonal
Declension
Declension of tonal
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | tonal | tonală | tonali | tonale | ||
| definite | tonalul | tonala | tonalii | tonalele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | tonal | tonale | tonali | tonale | ||
| definite | tonalului | tonalei | tonalilor | tonalelor | |||
Related terms
- atonal
- ton
- tonalitate
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toˈnal/ [t̪oˈnal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: to‧nal
Adjective
tonal (plural tonales)
- tonal
Derived terms
- altura tonal
- atonal
- tonalidad
- tonalmente
Related terms
- tono
Further reading
- “tonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014