noun🔗ShareTonalité, tonA specific pitch."The piano teacher praised the student for the even tone of her practice piece. "Le professeur de piano a félicité l'élève pour la tonalité uniforme de sa pièce d'entraînement.musicsoundessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTon(in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second."The melody had a beautiful tone, rising a major second between each note. "La mélodie avait un beau ton, s'élevant d'un ton entre chaque note.musicsoundnumberessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTonne(in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody."The choir practiced the Gregorian chant's gentle tone. "La chorale a pratiqué la tonne douce du chant grégorien.musicreligionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTimbre, tonalitéThe character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice."The piano's tone was bright and clear, making it easy to hear every note. "Le timbre du piano était clair et brillant, ce qui permettait d'entendre facilement chaque note.soundmusiclanguagecommunicationcharacteressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCaractère général, ambiance, tendanceGeneral character, mood, or trend."Her rousing speech gave an upbeat tone to the rest of the evening."Son discours enthousiasmant a donné une ambiance positive au reste de la soirée.stylecharacterattitudecommunicationlanguagewritingmedialiteratureessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTonalitéThe pitch of a word that distinguishes a difference in meaning, for example in Chinese."The speaker's tone in her presentation was polite, but the rising tone on the word "unfortunately" suggested she was disappointed. "Le ton de la conférencière dans sa présentation était poli, mais la tonalité montante sur le mot « malheureusement » suggérait qu'elle était déçue.linguisticsphoneticslanguagesoundwordcommunicationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTon geignard, ton pleurnichardA whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice."Children often read with a tone."Les enfants lisent souvent avec un ton geignard.languagestylecommunicationsoundessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTon, manièreThe manner in which speech or writing is expressed."Her tone in the meeting was serious, indicating that she wanted everyone to listen carefully. "Son ton lors de la réunion était sérieux, indiquant qu'elle voulait que tout le monde écoute attentivement.languagewritingstylecommunicationessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareHumeur, état d'espritState of mind; temper; mood."Her tone suggested she was disappointed with the test results. "Son ton suggérait qu'elle était déçue des résultats du test.mindattitudecharacterstylecommunicationliteraturelinguisticsmusicessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTeinte, nuanceThe shade or quality of a colour."The painting's tone was a soft, muted yellow-green. "La teinte du tableau était un jaune-vert doux et sourd.colorqualityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTonalitéThe favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours."This picture has tone."Cette image a de la tonalité.artappearancestylequalityessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTension, fermetéThe definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus."The doctor said the athlete's hamstring had good tone, meaning the muscle was strong and healthy. "Le médecin a dit que l'ischio-jambier de l'athlète avait une bonne tension, ce qui signifie que le muscle était fort et en bonne santé.physiologyanatomybodymedicineorganessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉtat, condition physiqueThe state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor."The athlete's strong tone allowed him to lift heavy weights easily. "La bonne condition physique de l'athlète lui a permis de soulever facilement des poids lourds.physiologymedicinebiologybodyconditionessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTension, tonusNormal tension or responsiveness to stimuli."The baby's tone was normal; she reacted happily to the sound of her mother's voice. "Le tonus du bébé était normal ; elle a réagi joyeusement à la voix de sa mère.physiologymedicinebodyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareTon, tonalitéA gun"My grandfather used to carry a heavy hunting tone. "Mon grand-père portait autrefois un ton de chasse lourd.weaponmilitaryessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDonner le ton à, nuancerTo give a particular tone to"The teacher toned down her criticism, making the feedback less harsh and more helpful. "L'enseignante a adouci ses critiques, rendant les commentaires moins durs et plus utiles.communicationlanguagewritingstyleessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTeinter, colorerTo change the colour of"The artist used a special dye to tone the fabric a deeper shade of blue. "L'artiste a utilisé une teinture spéciale pour teinter le tissu d'une nuance de bleu plus foncée.coloressentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTonifier, raffermirTo make (something) firmer"The chef toned the dough before rolling it out to make the perfect pizza crust. "Le chef a raffermi la pâte avant de l'étaler pour faire la croûte de pizza parfaite.bodyphysiologyessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareHarmoniser, accorderTo harmonize, especially in colour"The artist carefully toned the paint colours to create a soft, calming effect in the bedroom. "L'artiste a soigneusement harmonisé les couleurs de la peinture pour créer un effet doux et apaisant dans la chambre.colorartappearanceessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareDire d'un ton affectéTo utter with an affected tone."To impress his classmates, he toned his voice, speaking in a deliberately dramatic way. "Pour impressionner ses camarades de classe, il a dit d'un ton affecté, parlant d'une manière délibérément dramatique.communicationlanguageattitudeessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
pronoun🔗ShareCelui-ciThe one (of two)"My brother and I both wanted the last slice of pizza; tone of us got it. "Mon frère et moi voulions tous les deux la dernière part de pizza ; celui-ci l'a eue.grammarlanguageessentialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
