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English-French Dictionary: tone

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NOUN	a tone \| tones
NOUN	tone \| -
VERB	to tone \| toned \| toned toning \| tones
SYNO	to strengthen \| to tone \| to tone up ...
to strengthen \| to tone \| to tone up tone \| tone of voice pure tone \| tone step \| tone \| whole step \| whole tone to chant \| to intone \| to tone to inflect \| to modulate \| to tone tone \| tonicity \| tonus quality \| timber \| timbre \| tone shade \| tincture \| tint \| tone feel \| feeling \| flavor \| flavour \| look \| smell \| spirit \| tone musical note \| note \| tone © Princeton University

tone: sonorité {f} [d'un instrument, d'une voix]mus.
tone [muscle]: tonus {m} [de muscle]anat.
to tone down: adoucir qc. [langage]ling.
to tone down sth.: atténuer qc.
to tone sth. (up): donner du tonus à qc. [muscle]anat.
to tone sth. down: calmer qc. [discussion]
édulcorer qc. [lettre, propos]
adoucir le ton de qc. [statement]
to tone sth. up: tonifier qc. [muscles, épiderme]cosm.
basic tone: note {f} fondamentalemus.
basse {f} fondamentalemus.
busy tone: tonalité {f} occupéetélécom.
condescending tone: air {m} condescendant
dial tone: tonalité {f}télécom.
engaged tone: tonalité {f} occupéetélécom.
fundamental tone: note {f} fondamentalemus.
basse {f} fondamentalemus.
muscle tone: tonus {m} musculaireanat.
tonicité {f} de muscleanat.cosm.
natural tone [complexion]: teint {m} naturel
natural tone [sound]: tonalité {f} naturellemus.
superior tone: ton {m} de supériorité
tone control: réglage {m} de la tonalitéélectr.
tone pitch: hauteur {f} du sonmus.phys.
to raise the tone: hausser le ton
half-tone engraving: similigravure {f}
in a conversational tone: sur le ton de la conversation {adv}
to adopt a solemn tone: prendre une voix grave
to tone down a statement: apporter une correction à une déclaration [atténuation]
to find the right tone of voice: trouver les intonations justes
to say in a sharp tone of voice: dire d'un ton pointu
to tune an instrument to a lower tone: baisser un instrumentmus.

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