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тон — meaning in English

ton

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English meaning

  • tenor noun A male singing voice higher than baritone and bass, or a singer with that voice.
  • ton noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
  • tone noun The quality or character of a sound, especially its pitch, timbre, or emotional colouring.

Senses

тон is used for these senses in English:

  • tenor Tone, as of a conversation.
  • ton Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
  • tone (language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
  • tone (language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.

tenor — full definition

  1. noun A male singing voice higher than baritone and bass, or a singer with that voice.
  2. noun The general tone, mood, or direction of something said or written.

ton — full definition

  1. noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
  2. noun Informal: a huge or overwhelming amount of something.

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