Ton

Signification (Anglais)

clay

Concepts

argile

ton

son

nuance

teinte

accent

glaise

insistance

terre

bruit

sonner

Ton

mot

acoustique

écho

voix

atmosphère

attitude

condition

dynamisme

humeur

impulsion

manière

rythme

style

tendance forte

timbre

tonalité

élan

état

état d’esprit

sol

onde sonore

boue

note

terre glaise

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/toːn/

Étymologie (Anglais)

With irregular t- (as in tausend) and widespread dialectal -ā- → -ō- from Middle High German dāhen, tāhen, inflected form of dāhe, tāhe, from Old High German thāha, dāha, tāha, from Proto-Germanic *þanhǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *tenk- (“to thicken, be solid”), related to *þinhaną (“to thrive”).
Cognate with Old English þō, Old Norse þá, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐍉 (þāhō).
The oldest spelling is Toh(e)n, which then became Thon as part of a general habit of writing -th- in the vicinity of long vowels. During the spelling reforms of the early 20th century, all th-spellings in inherited words were reduced to -t-, thereby making Ton one of the very few words in which Proto-Germanic -h- is not reflected (compare the same in Träne).

Phrases

Sein Ton dient der Kommunikation der Lebenden mit den Toten .

Son ton sert à communiquer les vivants avec les morts.