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Definition: Tonal |
TonalAdjective1. Employing variations in pitch to distinguish meanings of otherwise similar words; "Chinese is a tonal language". 2. (music) having tonality; i.e. tones and chords organized in relation to one tone such as a keynote or tonic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Based on special tests used for a topographic diagnosis of perceptive deafness (damage of the Corti organ, peripheral or central damage, i. e. the auditive cortex). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: TonalSynonym: tonic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: atonal (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Tonal |
| English words defined with "tonal": Antonio Stradivari, Antonius Stradivarius ♦ Burmese ♦ Chad, Chadic, Chadic language ♦ key ♦ Niger-Kordofanian, Niger-Kordofanian language ♦ Sino-Tibetan, Sino-Tibetan language, Stradivari, Stradivarius ♦ tertian, tonality, tone, tonic. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tonal": choir leader, CHORAL DIRECTOR ♦ dichotic ♦ FRETTED-INSTRUMENT INSPECTOR ♦ half tone, HARP MAKER ♦ image enhancement ♦ lossless audio compression ♦ positive copy ♦ TONE REGULATOR ♦ VIOLIN MAKER, HAND. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tonal" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (tonal), French (tonal), German (tonal), Spanish (tonal), Swedish (tonal). |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | A tonal excerpt very much in the style of C. PE Bach. | | Various airy synthesizer sounds creating a major tonal area. |
| Pizzicato guitar melody playing in a major Hawaiian-sounding tonal area. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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Economic History | Vietnam | It is a tonal language with influences from Thai, Khmer, and Chinese. (references) |
Laos | The official and dominant language is Lao, a tonal language of the Tai linguistic group. (references) | |
Human Rights | Colombia | At year's end, the authorities had not yet captured Arley Leal and Milton de Jesus Tonal Redondo ("Joaquin Gomez" or "Usurriaga") of the FARC's 32nd Front in connection with the 1998 murder of Father Alcides Jimenez in Putumayo. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Tonal" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tonal" is used about 211 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 211 | 20,883 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "tonal": supraliminal tonal audiometry ♦ tonal component ♦ tonal division ♦ tonal language ♦ tonal pattern ♦ tonal range ♦ tonal rendering ♦ tonal system. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tonal": tonal-sounding. | |
Ending with "tonal": functional-tonal, micro-tonal, non-tonal, no-tonal, post-tonal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
tonal | 13 |
tonal harmony | 3 |
nagual tonal | 3 |
tonal value | 2 |
language tonal | 2 |
tonal valor | 2 |
color hair multi tonal | 2 |
scale tonal | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "tonal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | tonal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | منغوم نسبة الى النغم, نغمي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | тонов, тонален. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 變? (modified tone, tonal modification). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | tónový, móda (fashion, style, trend, vogue, wear). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | tonemetode (tonal method), tonal høring (perception of tones, tonal hearing), lydkvalitet (tonal quality), gradation (gradation, tonal range), central hørediagnostik (supraliminal tonal audiometry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | toonwaarde (tonal quality), toonschaal (gamut, key, scale), toonmethode (tonal method), toonkwaliteit (tonal quality), tintwaarde (tonal quality), tintschaal (tonal scale), bovendrempelige toonaudiometrie (supraliminal tonal audiometry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مربوطه به اهنگ صدا. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ylikynnyksellinen äänesaudiometria (supraliminal tonal audiometry), äänimenetelmä (tonal method), äänenlaatu (tonal quality). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tonal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | tonal, klanglich, klang-, farblich, farb-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τονικόσ (accentual, tonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | טו לי, צלילי (resonant). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tonális, tónusos. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tonale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | デ杯 (bathroom, Davis Cup, lavatory, prerecorded announcement, restroom, talk, talk show, talkie, Taurus, tautology, toad, toast, toaster, tochka, toe, toe dance, toe kick, toeshows, together, Togo, toilet, toilet case, toilet paper, toilet powder, toilet soap, toiletry, Tokaji, Tokamak, Tokay, token, tokenism, toll, tollgate, tonality, tone, tone down, tooth, torch, torch lamp, torch relay, tornado, torus, total, Total Energy System, total fashion, total look, total product, totalizator system, tote bag, totem, totem pole, totemism, tournament, tournament pro, toxoplasma, true, try for point, tutti). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | トーナル . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | tonoil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | onaltay qualidade tonal (tonal quality), método tonal (tonal method), audiometria tonal supralimiar (supraliminal tonal audiometry). (various references) тональный. (various references) tonski (tonic), tonalan. (various references) tonal. (various references) tonal, ton- (tonic). (various references) ses tonuna ait, ses perdesine ait. (various references) тональний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tonal": tonalities, tonality, tonally. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tonal": atonal, baritonal, cantonal, ecotonal, microtonal, nontonal, polytonal, semitonal. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tonal": atonalism, atonalisms, atonalist, atonalists, atonalities, atonality, atonally, microtonalities, microtonality, microtonally, polytonalities, polytonality, polytonally, semitonally. (additional references) | |
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"Tonal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aonal, Dohnal, etonal, gonal, Monal, onal, Othniel, Othonial, Otoniel, Ottonel, Stonnell, tarnal, tenal, tenel, tennil, tenol, tinal, tinel, toal, Toan, todall, toenal, Tofalar, Tofayli, Tokalon, tolan, tona, tonail, tonale, tonaly, tonar, tonaw, tonay, Tondal, tonfa, Tonhalle, tonio, Tonle, tonlet, tonna, tonnail, tonul, tonuw, Toolan, topal, toral, Tornrak, toval, toxal, Tozaj, trocal, tual, Tufnol, tunai, tunal, tunnal, Tynwald, Utonai. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tonal" (pronounced tō"nul) |
| 5 | t ō" n u l | atonal. |
| 4 | -ō" n u l | monoclonal. |
| 3 | -n u l | abdominal, aberrational, aboriginal, additional, adrenal, anal, annal, annul, Arsenal, attitudinal, autumnal, binational, biphenyl, cantonal, Cardinal, carnal, channel, coeducational, collisional, Colonel, communal, compositional, computational, concessional, conditional, confessional, conformational, confrontational, congregational, congressional, connotational, constitutional, conventional, conversational, cornel, correctional, criminal, Darnel, delusional, denominational, departmental, depositional, devotional, diagonal, dimensional, directional, diurnal, divisional, doctrinal, duodenal, dysfunctional, educational, emotional, empanel, erosional, eternal, exceptional, external, factional, faunal, fennel, fictional, final, flannel, fluxional, foundational, fractional, fraternal, functional, funnel, gastrointestinal, generational, gravitational, hexagonal, hormonal, Hymnal, impanel, impersonal, improvisational, infernal, informational, inspirational, institutional, instructional, intentional, intergenerational, internal, international, interpersonal, intestinal, investigational, Invitational, irrational, journal, jurisdictional, juvenile, kennel, kernel, latitudinal, longitudinal, luminal, marginal, maternal, medicinal, monsoonal, morainal, motivational, multinational, national, navigational, nocturnal, nominal, noncriminal, nonprofessional, nontraditional, nutritional, obsessional, occasional, occupational, octagonal, operational, optional, organizational, original, panel, paternal, penal, personal, phenomenal, polygonal, polyvinyl, processional, professional, promotional, proportional, provisional, rational, recreational, regional, relational, renal, representational, retinal, rotational, seasonal, sectional, semifinal, seminal, sensational, sentinel, shrapnel, signal, situational, spinal, subliminal, superregional, supranational, terminal, traditional, transformational, transitional, transnational, tribunal, tunnel, unconditional, unconstitutional, unconventional, unemotional, unintentional, unprofessional, untraditional, vaginal, venal, vernal, Vinal, vinyl, virginal, vocational. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: notal, talon, tolan. | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-n-o-t" | |
-1 letter: alto, loan, lota, nota, tola. | |
-2 letters: alt, ant, lat, lot, not, oat, tan, tao, ton. | |
-3 letters: al, an, at, la, lo, na, no, on, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-n-o-t" | |
+1 letter: atonal, dalton, etalon, fontal, latino, santol, talion, talons, tolane, tolans, volant. | |
+2 letters: alation, althorn, anethol, anolyte, antilog, antlion, butanol, coolant, daltons, elation, etalons, ethanol, frontal, haplont, lactone, latinos, lomenta, naphtol, notable, notably, octanol, omental, ortolan, outlain, outland, outplan, platoon, polenta, sandlot, santols, talions, taloned, tangelo, telamon, toenail, tolanes, tollman, tonally, troland, volante. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 6E 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- -. .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01101110 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o n a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 006E 0061 006C |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5481806778 |
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