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See also: tonął and tónál

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

tone +‎ -al

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Adjective

tonal (comparative more tonal, superlative most tonal)

  1. Of or relating to tones or tonality.
  2. Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
    • 2011 December 5, James Poniewozik, “Boardwalk Empire Watch: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?”, in Time‎:
      The lurid way the story played out felt like a tonal shift for Empire, but not necessarily a bad one—in the process of shedding its cool costume-drama attitude for grotesque family dysfunction, the episode felt for once less like a story about Prohibition and more one about a specific set of people.
  3. (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
  4. (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
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Etymology 2

From Nahuatl tōnalli (“day, day sign”).

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Noun

tonal (plural tonals)

  1. (in Mesoamerican mythology) An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
    • 1989, Robert Bartley Taylor, Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean, page 122:
      When a tonal suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it.
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Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tonatiuh.

Pronunciation

Noun

tonal

  1. (Tlaxcala) sun

French

Etymology

From ton +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tonal (feminine tonale, masculine plural tonaux, feminine plural tonales)

  1. tonal

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German

Etymology

Ton +‎ -al

Pronunciation

Adjective

tonal (strong nominative masculine singular tonaler, comparative tonaler, superlative am tonalsten)

  1. tonal

Declension

Positive forms of tonal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist tonal sie ist tonal es ist tonal sie sind tonal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tonaler tonale tonales tonale
genitive tonalen tonaler tonalen tonaler
dative tonalem tonaler tonalem tonalen
accusative tonalen tonale tonales tonale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tonale die tonale das tonale die tonalen
genitive des tonalen der tonalen des tonalen der tonalen
dative dem tonalen der tonalen dem tonalen den tonalen
accusative den tonalen die tonale das tonale die tonalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tonaler eine tonale ein tonales (keine) tonalen
genitive eines tonalen einer tonalen eines tonalen (keiner) tonalen
dative einem tonalen einer tonalen einem tonalen (keinen) tonalen
accusative einen tonalen eine tonale ein tonales (keine) tonalen
Comparative forms of tonal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist tonaler sie ist tonaler es ist tonaler sie sind tonaler
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tonalerer tonalere tonaleres tonalere
genitive tonaleren tonalerer tonaleren tonalerer
dative tonalerem tonalerer tonalerem tonaleren
accusative tonaleren tonalere tonaleres tonalere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tonalere die tonalere das tonalere die tonaleren
genitive des tonaleren der tonaleren des tonaleren der tonaleren
dative dem tonaleren der tonaleren dem tonaleren den tonaleren
accusative den tonaleren die tonalere das tonalere die tonaleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tonalerer eine tonalere ein tonaleres (keine) tonaleren
genitive eines tonaleren einer tonaleren eines tonaleren (keiner) tonaleren
dative einem tonaleren einer tonaleren einem tonaleren (keinen) tonaleren
accusative einen tonaleren eine tonalere ein tonaleres (keine) tonaleren
Superlative forms of tonal
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am tonalsten sie ist am tonalsten es ist am tonalsten sie sind am tonalsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative tonalster tonalste tonalstes tonalste
genitive tonalsten tonalster tonalsten tonalster
dative tonalstem tonalster tonalstem tonalsten
accusative tonalsten tonalste tonalstes tonalste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der tonalste die tonalste das tonalste die tonalsten
genitive des tonalsten der tonalsten des tonalsten der tonalsten
dative dem tonalsten der tonalsten dem tonalsten den tonalsten
accusative den tonalsten die tonalste das tonalste die tonalsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein tonalster eine tonalste ein tonalstes (keine) tonalsten
genitive eines tonalsten einer tonalsten eines tonalsten (keiner) tonalsten
dative einem tonalsten einer tonalsten einem tonalsten (keinen) tonalsten
accusative einen tonalsten eine tonalste ein tonalstes (keine) tonalsten

Further reading

  • “tonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “tonal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “tonal” in Duden online

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Alternative forms

Noun

tonal

  1. sun

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tonus +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: to‧nal

Adjective

tonal m or f (plural tonais, not comparable)

  1. tonal

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References

  1. ^ “tonal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. ^ “tonal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tonal. By surface analysis, ton (tone) +‎ -al.

Adjective

tonal m or n (feminine singular tonală, masculine plural tonali, feminine and neuter plural tonale)

  1. tonal

Declension

Declension of tonal
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite tonal tonală tonali tonale
definite tonalul tonala tonalii tonalele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite tonal tonale tonali tonale
definite tonalului tonalei tonalilor tonalelor

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈnal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: to‧nal

Adjective

tonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tonales)

  1. tonal

Derived terms

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