How many syllables in Tone
Word
Tone
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
tone
Definition
- n. - Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as
of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet,
or harsh tone.
- n. - Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted
to express emotion or passion.
- n. - A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial
strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a
regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a
tone.
- n. - A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the
octave; she has good high tones.
- n. - The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the
diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone
too flat; raise it a tone.
- n. - The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as,
a rich tone, a reedy tone.
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