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English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus (“strain, tension”). Doublet of tone.

Noun

tonus (countable and uncountable, plural tonuses)

  1. (biology) tonicity; tone
    muscular tonus
    • 1956, Personal character and cultural milieu: a collection of readings:
      Dr. H. S. Sullivan, for example, is known to many for his acute understanding of the postural tonuses of his patients.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “tonus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Finnish

Etymology

Latin tonus

Pronunciation

Noun

tonus

  1. (medicine) Synonym of jänteys

Declension

Inflection of tonus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative tonus tonukset
genitive tonuksen tonusten
tonuksien
partitive tonusta tonuksia
illative tonukseen tonuksiin
singular plural
nominative tonus tonukset
accusative nom. tonus tonukset
gen. tonuksen
genitive tonuksen tonusten
tonuksien
partitive tonusta tonuksia
inessive tonuksessa tonuksissa
elative tonuksesta tonuksista
illative tonukseen tonuksiin
adessive tonuksella tonuksilla
ablative tonukselta tonuksilta
allative tonukselle tonuksille
essive tonuksena tonuksina
translative tonukseksi tonuksiksi
abessive tonuksetta tonuksitta
instructive — tonuksin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tonus (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tonukseni tonukseni
accusative nom. tonukseni tonukseni
gen. tonukseni
genitive tonukseni tonusteni
tonuksieni
partitive tonustani tonuksiani
inessive tonuksessani tonuksissani
elative tonuksestani tonuksistani
illative tonukseeni tonuksiini
adessive tonuksellani tonuksillani
ablative tonukseltani tonuksiltani
allative tonukselleni tonuksilleni
essive tonuksenani tonuksinani
translative tonuksekseni tonuksikseni
abessive tonuksettani tonuksittani
instructive — —
comitative — tonuksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative tonuksesi tonuksesi
accusative nom. tonuksesi tonuksesi
gen. tonuksesi
genitive tonuksesi tonustesi
tonuksiesi
partitive tonustasi tonuksiasi
inessive tonuksessasi tonuksissasi
elative tonuksestasi tonuksistasi
illative tonukseesi tonuksiisi
adessive tonuksellasi tonuksillasi
ablative tonukseltasi tonuksiltasi
allative tonuksellesi tonuksillesi
essive tonuksenasi tonuksinasi
translative tonukseksesi tonuksiksesi
abessive tonuksettasi tonuksittasi
instructive — —
comitative — tonuksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tonuksemme tonuksemme
accusative nom. tonuksemme tonuksemme
gen. tonuksemme
genitive tonuksemme tonustemme
tonuksiemme
partitive tonustamme tonuksiamme
inessive tonuksessamme tonuksissamme
elative tonuksestamme tonuksistamme
illative tonukseemme tonuksiimme
adessive tonuksellamme tonuksillamme
ablative tonukseltamme tonuksiltamme
allative tonuksellemme tonuksillemme
essive tonuksenamme tonuksinamme
translative tonukseksemme tonuksiksemme
abessive tonuksettamme tonuksittamme
instructive — —
comitative — tonuksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tonuksenne tonuksenne
accusative nom. tonuksenne tonuksenne
gen. tonuksenne
genitive tonuksenne tonustenne
tonuksienne
partitive tonustanne tonuksianne
inessive tonuksessanne tonuksissanne
elative tonuksestanne tonuksistanne
illative tonukseenne tonuksiinne
adessive tonuksellanne tonuksillanne
ablative tonukseltanne tonuksiltanne
allative tonuksellenne tonuksillenne
essive tonuksenanne tonuksinanne
translative tonukseksenne tonuksiksenne
abessive tonuksettanne tonuksittanne
instructive — —
comitative — tonuksinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tonuksensa tonuksensa
accusative nom. tonuksensa tonuksensa
gen. tonuksensa
genitive tonuksensa tonustensa
tonuksiensa
partitive tonustaan
tonustansa 		tonuksiaan
tonuksiansa
inessive tonuksessaan
tonuksessansa 		tonuksissaan
tonuksissansa
elative tonuksestaan
tonuksestansa 		tonuksistaan
tonuksistansa
illative tonukseensa tonuksiinsa
adessive tonuksellaan
tonuksellansa 		tonuksillaan
tonuksillansa
ablative tonukseltaan
tonukseltansa 		tonuksiltaan
tonuksiltansa
allative tonukselleen
tonuksellensa 		tonuksilleen
tonuksillensa
essive tonuksenaan
tonuksenansa 		tonuksinaan
tonuksinansa
translative tonuksekseen
tonukseksensa 		tonuksikseen
tonuksiksensa
abessive tonuksettaan
tonuksettansa 		tonuksittaan
tonuksittansa
instructive — —
comitative — tonuksineen
tonuksinensa

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of ton, an earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ.nys/
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Noun

tonus m (plural tonus)

  1. muscle tone, tonicity, tonus
  2. (by extension) energy, strength

Related terms

Further reading

Latin

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tonus m (genitive tonī); second declension

  1. The stretching or straining of a rope.
  2. (by extension) A strain; tension.
  3. (figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something.
  4. (figuratively) A crack of thunder.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tonus tonī
Genitive tonī tonōrum
Dative tonō tonīs
Accusative tonum tonōs
Ablative tonō tonīs
Vocative tone tonī

Descendants

See also

References

  • “tonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tonus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • tonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tonus.

Noun

tonus n (plural tonusuri)

  1. muscle tone
  2. tonus

Declension

Declension of tonus
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) tonus tonusul (niște) tonusuri tonusurile
genitive/dative (unui) tonus tonusului (unor) tonusuri tonusurilor
vocative tonusule tonusurilor
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