Masculine

tonus

Meaning

  1. (declension-2, masculine) The stretching or straining of a rope.
  2. (broadly, declension-2, masculine) A strain; tension.
  3. (declension-2, figuratively, masculine) The pitch, sound or tone of something.
  4. (declension-2, figuratively, masculine) A crack of thunder.

Concepts

tone
thunder
🌩️
key
🔑
mood
note
strain
style

tamber

thunderclap
timbre
agreement
tuning
attunement
Synonyms

tonitrus
🌩️
tonitruum
🌩️
Translations

tonnerre
🌩️
Donner
🌩️

βροντή

tuono
🌩️
tro
🌩️
Ton
trueno
🌩️
trovão
🌩️
donder
🌩️
رعد
🌩️
ton
Stimmung
Note
to
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈtɔ.nʊs]
Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”).

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