tom

Meaning

1. (masculine) tone; pitch (property of sound determined by the frequency)
2. (masculine) tone (shade or quality of a colour)
3. (masculine) tone (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
4. (masculine) tone (interval of a major second)
5. (masculine) key

Concepts

tone

shade

hue

key

🔑

note

pitch

ring

💍

strain

style

tamber

timbre

tincture

tint

tuning

tone of voice

agreement

blee

attunement

chromaticity

coloring

mood

musical note

Synonyms

matiz

tonalidade

nuança

modo

afinação

nota

acordo

sonância

timbre

tintura

toada

tono

entonação

altura

Translations

tono

ton

toon

to

Ton

tono

Farbton

sfumatura

απόχρωση

Stimmung

teinte

tonalità

timbre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtõ/

Etymology

Cognate with Spanish: ton

In summary

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanish ton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.

Sentences

Quem canta sem um tom não tem uma boa cabeça .

Those who sing without a tone do not have a good head.

Ditas assim , pela voz do outro , tinham um tom de mistério e ameaça .

Spoken like this, through the voice of the other, they had a tone of mystery and threat.

" Estou observando um comportamento passivo-agressivo", disse o psicólogo em tom profissional .

“I'm observing passive-aggressive behavior,” the psychologist said professionally.