tongång

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Swedish

Etymology

ton (tone) +‎ gång (going)

Pronunciation

Noun

tongång c

  1. a succession of (played) tones (in music)
    Synonym: tonföljd
  2. (figuratively, often in the plural) a general attitude expressed (in speech or writing), tone
    Idag är det mer optimistiska tongångar
    The tone is more optimistic today ("There are more optimistic successions of tones today")
    Det var rentav hatiska tongångar
    There was a downright hateful tone / (closer to the intuition) There was downright hateful language

Usage notes

Usually figurative.

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