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
- noun A male singing voice higher than baritone and bass, or a singer with that voice.
- noun The general tone, mood, or direction of something said or written.
ton — full definition
- noun A unit of weight — roughly 907 kg (short ton, US), 1016 kg (long ton, UK), or exactly 1000 kg (metric tonne).
- noun Informal: a huge or overwhelming amount of something.