TONE LANGUAGE

Meaning of TONE LANGUAGE in English

ˈtone ˌlanguage BrE AmE noun [countable]

a language such as Chinese in which the way a sound goes up or down affects the meaning of the word

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

TONE LANGUAGE — noun Date: circa 1909 a language (as Chinese or Zulu) in which variations in tone distinguish words or phrases of …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TONE LANGUAGE — noun : a language (as Chinese, Sudanic, or Bantu) in which variations in tone are regularly used to distinguish words …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONE LANGUAGE — a language, as Swedish, Chinese, Yoruba, or Serbo-Croatian, in which words that are otherwise phonologically identical are distinguished by having …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONE LANGUAGE — Date: circa 1909 : a language (as Chinese or Zulu) in which variations in tone distinguish words or phrases of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONE LANGUAGE — Function: noun Date: circa 1909 : a language (as Chinese or Zulu) in which variations in tone distinguish words or …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TONE LANGUAGE — [tone language] n (ca. 1909): a language (as Chinese or Zulu) in which variations in tone distinguish words or phrases …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TONE LANGUAGE — noun a language in which differences in tone noun (9) can change the meaning of words
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE LANGUAGE — язык с тоновым ударением
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONE LANGUAGE — язык с тоновым ударением
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONE LANGUAGE — язык с тоновым ударением
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TONE LANGUAGE — язык с тоновым ударением
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
TONE LANGUAGE — язык с тоновым ударением
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
LANGUAGE — I System of conventional spoken or written symbols used by people in a shared culture to communicate with each other. …
Английский словарь Британика
TONE — I. ˈtōn pronoun Etymology: Middle English ton, alteration (resulting from incorrect division of thet on the one, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LANGUAGE — I. ˈlaŋgwij, ˈlaiŋ-, -wēj sometimes -ŋw- noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English langage, language, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TONE — — toneless , adj. — tonelessly , adv. — tonelessness , n. /tohn/ , n. , v. , toned, toning …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LANGUAGE — /lang"gwij/ , n. 1. a body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TONE — I. ˈtōn noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French tun, ton, from Latin tonus tension, tone, from Greek tonos, literally, act …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TONE — noun tonicity; as, arterial tone. 2. tone ·noun state of mind; temper; mood. 3. tone ·vt to utter with an …
Webster English vocab
LANGUAGE — noun a race, as distinguished by its speech. 2. language ·vt to communicate by language; to express in language. 3. …
Webster English vocab
TONE — in linguistics, a variation in the pitch of the voice while speaking. The word tone is usually applied to those …
Britannica English vocabulary
LANGUAGE — a system of conventional spoken or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group …
Britannica English vocabulary
TONE — / təʊn; NAmE toʊn/ noun , verb ■ noun OF VOICE 1. [ C ] the quality of sb's voice, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LANGUAGE — / ˈlæŋgwɪdʒ; NAmE / noun OF A COUNTRY 1. [ C ] the system of communication in speech and writing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — I. tone 1 S3 W2 /təʊn $ toʊn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Latin ; Origin: tonus …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LANGUAGE — lan ‧ guage S1 W1 /ˈlæŋɡwɪdʒ/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: langue 'tongue, …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TONE — n. & v. n. 1 a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LANGUAGE — n. 1 the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in an agreed …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TONE — n. & v. --n. 1. a musical or vocal sound, esp. with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. 2 …
Oxford English vocab
LANGUAGE — n.1 the method of human communication, either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in an agreed way. …
Oxford English vocab
TONE — ( tones, toning, toned) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. The tone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LANGUAGE — ( languages) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A language is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TONE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES conciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc ▪ Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. dial tone …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LANGUAGE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a computer language (= a system of instructions used to program a computer ) a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LANGUAGE — n. Common Business Oriented Language. HyperText Markup Language Practical Extraction and Reporting Language. Standard Generalized Markup Language Structured Query Language. …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TONE — Synonyms and related words : French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — I. noun 1 quality of a sound, esp. of the human voice ADJECTIVE ▪ deep , low ▪ hushed , …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LANGUAGE — INDEX: 1. the words used by the people in a particular country or area 2. the use of words to …
Longman Activator English vocab
TONE — n. 25B6; noun the tone of the tuba : TIMBRE, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, colour, tone colour, tonality. …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
TONE — n. 1 sound, note Odd tones emanated from the electronic music-maker 2 stress, emphasis, force, accent, intonation, modulation, phrasing, inflection, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
TONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) тон, звук; муз. тон deep tone ≈ низкий звук dulcet, sweet tone ≈ нежный, сладкий звук …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LANGUAGE — сущ. язык а) (как способ и средство общения) речь to butcher, murder a language ≈ искажать язык to enrich a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TONE — tone.ogg 1. təʋn n 1. тон; звук low high tone - низкий высокий тон harsh gentle, sweet, silvery tone - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LANGUAGE — language.ogg ʹlæŋgwıdʒ n 1. язык the Russian the English language - русский английский язык finger language - язык жестов, язык …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TONE — 1) тон 2) тембр 3) нота 4) тональный сигнал 5) цветовой тон; оттенок ( цвета ) ; полутон || тонировать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
LANGUAGE — язык - absolute language - algorithmical language - algorithmic language - applicative language - artificial language - assembler language - …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
TONE — 1) тон 2) тембр 3) нота 4) тональный сигнал 5) цветовой тон; оттенок (цвета); полутон || тонировать • - broken tone - busy tone - color tone - combination …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
LANGUAGE — язык - absolute language - algorithmical language - algorithmic language - applicative language - artificial language - assembler language - block-structured language - Boolean algebra-based language - Boolean based …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TONE — 1) звук 2) тон 3) цветовой • audible ringing tone — сигнал контроля посылки вызова call tone volume — уровень тонального вызова - answer tone - beat …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LANGUAGE — язык absolutely adequate language — абсолютно адекватный язык absolutely homogeneous language — абсолютно однородный язык absolutely inadequate language — абсолютно неадекватный язык absolutely nonhomogeneous …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TONE — tone сущ.1) а) звук, тон б) муз. тон (интервал, тж. whole tone), нота deep tone — низкий звук dulcet, sweet …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
LANGUAGE — language сущ.языка) (как способ и средство общения) речь to butcher, murder a language — искажать язык to enrich a language …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
TONE — 1. təʋn n 1. тон; звук low high tone - низкий высокий тон harsh gentle, sweet, silvery tone - резкий …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
LANGUAGE — n 1. язык the Russian the English language - русский английский язык finger language - язык жестов, язык глухонемых living …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) звук, тон б) муз. тон ( интервал, тж. whole tone ) , нота • deep tone …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
LANGUAGE — сущ. язык а) ( как способ и средство общения ) речь to butcher, murder a language — искажать язык to …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
TONE — 1. сущ. 1) а) звук, тон б) муз. тон (интервал, тж. whole tone), нота • deep tone — низкий звук dulcet, sweet tone — нежный, сладкий …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LANGUAGE — сущ. язык а) (как способ и средство общения) речь to butcher, murder a language — искажать язык to enrich a language — обогащать язык to …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
LANGUAGE — 1) язык || языковой 2) машинный язык; набор символов ( машины ) • - algorithmic language - application-oriented language - …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства 2
LANGUAGE — 1) язык || языковой 2) машинный язык; набор символов (машины) • - algorithmic language - application-oriented language - applicative language - APT programming language - APT-based language - …
Англо-Русский словарь по машиностроению и автоматизации производства
TONE — 1) тонус 2) биоакуст. тон • - basal tone - catch tone - extracardiac nerve tone - fundamental tone - late tone - muscle tone - pure tone - secondary …
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
TONE — 1) тонус 2) биоакуст. тон • - basal tone - catch tone - extracardiac nerve tone - fundamental tone - …
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
LANGUAGE — язык || языковой - absolute language - action description language - actual machine language - AI language - Algol-like language - algorithmical language - algorithmic language - application-oriented …
Англо-Русский словарь по вычислительной технике и программированию

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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