Tone

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See also: tone, Töne, tonę, and -töne

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Tone

  1. A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Tone

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  1. A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the River Parrett.
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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoːnə/
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Noun

Tone

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Ton

Norwegian

Etymology

Medieval contraction of Torny, from Old Norse Þorný.

Proper noun

Tone

  1. a female given name

References

  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 15 092 females with the given name Tone living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Saterland Frisian

n Tone.

Etymology

From Old Frisian tāne, from Proto-West Germanic *taihā. Cognates include West Frisian tean and German Zehe.

Pronunciation

Noun

Tone f (plural Tonen)

  1. toe

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References

  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “Tone”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
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