TONE LANGUAGE

Meaning of TONE LANGUAGE in English

noun Date: circa 1909 a language (as Chinese or Zulu) in which variations in tone distinguish words or phrases of different meaning that otherwise would sound alike

Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012

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 — ˈtone ˌlanguage BrE AmE noun [countable] a language such as Chinese in which the way a sound goes up or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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

Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster

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