ringtone
English
noun
Definitions
- The sound made by a telephone when ringing.
- A customizable tone used to indicate an incoming call on a telephone, especially a mobile phone.
Etymology
Compound from English ring (surround, sound a bell, planetary rings) + English tone.
Origin
English
tone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- O-ring English
- Ringhead English
- Ringnut English
- Ringwraith English
- allotone English
- armring English
- belly button ring English
- betone English
- blogring English
- blue-ringed octopus English
- bullring English
- chainring English
- cock ring English
- demitone English
- ditone English
- downtone English
- duotone English
- earring English
- eigentone English
- enring English
- exoring English
- eyering English
- fuzztone English
- gammatone English
- goldtone English
- halftone English
- headring English
- hemitonic English
- heteroring English
- hyperring English
- keyring English
- lockring English
- meantone English
- microring English
- microtone English
- midtone English
- multiring English
- multitone English
- nanoring English
- oath-ring English
- outring English
- overring English
- overtone English
- paratone English
- polytone English
- pseudoring English
- quadtone English
- realtone English
- retone English
- ring English
- ring-neck English
- ring-tailed English
- ringable English
- ringback English
- ringbark English
- ringbearer English
- ringbill English
- ringbird English
- ringboard English
- ringbolt English
- ringbone English
- ringcraft English
- ringdove English
- ringdown English
- ringer English
- ringest English
- ringeth English
- ringette English
- ringfence English
- ringfort English
- ringful English
- ringhead English
- ringhole English
- ringleader English
- ringleading English
- ringless English
- ringlet English
- ringlight English
- ringlike English
- ringmail English
- ringman English
- ringmaster English
- ringmistress English
- ringneck English
- ringoid English
- ringpiece English
- ringpost English
- ringsail English
- ringshine English
- ringside English
- ringspot English
- ringspun English
- ringster English
- ringstone English
- ringtail English
- ringway English
- ringwise English
- ringwork English
- ringworld English
- ringworm English
- ringwraith English
- ringy English
- screentone English
- seal ring English
- semiring English
- semitone English
- sesquitone English
- sidetone English
- silvertone English
- subring English
- subtone English
- superring English
- tonal English
- tone English
- tonearm English
- tonebar English
- toneless English
- tonelike English
- toneme English
- tonepad English
- toner English
- tonewheel English
- tonewood English
- tonic English
- tonification English
- tonify English
- tonology English
- tonous English
- tony English
- touchtone English
- tritone English
- truetone English
- undertone English
- unring English
- webring English
- yeldrin English
- tonus Latin
- tono Italian
- ring Dutch, Flemish
- ringtone Dutch, Flemish
- ring French
- ринг Russian
- ring Spanish, Castilian
- ringtone Spanish, Castilian
- ringtone Portuguese
- ringue Portuguese
- リング Japanese
- ring Polish
- ton Polish
- ring Middle English
- ring Serbo-Croatian
- 링 Korean
- ilingi Swati
- riñg Crimean Tatar
- tone
- ring
- tony
- tonic
- toner
- ringy
- tonal
- tonify
- retone
- betone
- unring
- enring
- toneme
- ditone
- O-ring
- tonous
- ringer
- yeldrin
- keyring
- midtone
- webring
- ringful
- ringway
- duotone
- tonepad
- subring
- ringeth
- armring
- tonebar
- ringoid
- eyering
- ringest
- outring
- subtone
- earring
- tritone
- exoring
- ringlet
- ringman
- Ringnut
- tonearm
- tonelike
- ringster
- goldtone
- downtone
- ringfort
- tonology
- realtone
- demitone
- Ringhead
- tonewood
- overtone
- ringtail
- ringwork
- ringhead
- nanoring
- ringsail
- ringhole
- overring
- semiring
- ringneck
- paratone
- toneless
- lockring
- headring
- meantone
- ringmail
- ringbolt
- ringbark
- ringlike
- ringwise
- polytone
- allotone
- halftone
- ringdove
- ringworm
- ringable
- ringbill
- sidetone
- ringless
- ringspun
- ringbone
- ringbird
- bullring
- ringette
- semitone
- ringspot
- fuzztone
- ringback
- ringside
- quadtone
- ringdown
- ringpost
- truetone
- blogring
- oath-ring
- ring-neck
- hemitonic
- tonewheel
- ringboard
- multiring
- hyperring
- ringstone
- seal ring
- touchtone
- superring
- chainring
- ringworld
- gammatone
- ringlight
- ringcraft
- ringfence
- multitone
- ringshine
- eigentone
- ringpiece
- microring
- undertone
- microtone
- cock ring
- screentone
- ringleader
- pseudoring
- heteroring
- sesquitone
- ringwraith
- ringbearer
- silvertone
- ringmaster
- Ringwraith
- ringleading
- ring-tailed
- ringmistress
- tonification
- belly button ring
- blue-ringed octopus