Noun: tone
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | tone |
| Sg. definite | tonen |
| Pl. indefinite | toner |
| Pl. definite | tonerne |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | tones |
| Sg. definite | tonens |
| Pl. indefinite | toners |
| Pl. definite | tonernes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like tone
toiletbørste,
krokodille,
svensknøgle,
nissehue,
overtagelse,
snurre,
snitte,
snerle,
snerre,
snerpe,
satire,
meddelelse,
sjuske,
sminke,
smerte,
slippe,
slange,
slette,
skøjte,
sonate, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Norse tóni, from Latin tonus (“sound, tone”), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “strain, tension, pitch”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). See: Old Norse Nouns '
tóni', Latin Nouns '
tonus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
τόνος'.
Translations
tone, give a tone to
tone, change the colour of