tónus
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See also: tonus
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
tónus (plural tónusok)
- (sound, music) tone, tonality
- Synonyms: hangnem, hangárnyalat
- (figuratively) tone, tenor (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- Synonyms: hangnem, hanghordozás, hangvétel, modor
- tone, tint (shade or quality of a colour)
- Synonyms: árnyalat, színárnyalat, színtónus
- (physiology) tone, tonus, tonicity
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tónus | tónusok |
| accusative | tónust | tónusokat |
| dative | tónusnak | tónusoknak |
| instrumental | tónussal | tónusokkal |
| causal-final | tónusért | tónusokért |
| translative | tónussá | tónusokká |
| terminative | tónusig | tónusokig |
| essive-formal | tónusként | tónusokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | tónusban | tónusokban |
| superessive | tónuson | tónusokon |
| adessive | tónusnál | tónusoknál |
| illative | tónusba | tónusokba |
| sublative | tónusra | tónusokra |
| allative | tónushoz | tónusokhoz |
| elative | tónusból | tónusokból |
| delative | tónusról | tónusokról |
| ablative | tónustól | tónusoktól |
| non-attributive possessive – singular |
tónusé | tónusoké |
| non-attributive possessive – plural |
tónuséi | tónusokéi |
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person sing. | tónusom | tónusaim |
| 2nd person sing. | tónusod | tónusaid |
| 3rd person sing. | tónusa | tónusai |
| 1st person plural | tónusunk | tónusaink |
| 2nd person plural | tónusotok | tónusaitok |
| 3rd person plural | tónusuk | tónusaik |
References
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading
- tónus in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN