tonology
English
/tə(ʊ)ˈnɑlədʒi/
noun
Definitions
- (linguistics) The study of tone in human languages.
- (linguistics) The system of rules governing tones in a particular language.
Etymology
Suffix from English tone.
Origin
English
tone
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- allotone English
- betone English
- demitone English
- ditone English
- downtone English
- duotone English
- eigentone English
- fuzztone English
- gammatone English
- goldtone English
- halftone English
- hemitonic English
- meantone English
- microtone English
- midtone English
- multitone English
- overtone English
- paratone English
- polytone English
- quadtone English
- realtone English
- retone English
- ringtone English
- screentone English
- semitone English
- sesquitone English
- sidetone English
- silvertone English
- subtone 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
- tonological English
- tonologically English
- tonologist English
- tonous English
- tony English
- touchtone English
- tritone English
- truetone English
- undertone English
- tonus Latin
- tono Italian
- tonologie Dutch, Flemish
- ton Polish
- tony
- tone
- toner
- tonal
- tonic
- ditone
- tonify
- retone
- betone
- tonous
- toneme
- duotone
- tonebar
- tonepad
- midtone
- subtone
- tonearm
- tritone
- semitone
- polytone
- tonelike
- allotone
- halftone
- fuzztone
- goldtone
- downtone
- realtone
- demitone
- paratone
- tonewood
- toneless
- quadtone
- ringtone
- overtone
- meantone
- sidetone
- truetone
- touchtone
- multitone
- gammatone
- eigentone
- hemitonic
- undertone
- microtone
- tonewheel
- screentone
- tonologist
- sesquitone
- silvertone
- tonological
- tonification
- tonologically