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Meaning of "toneless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TONELESS

toneless  [ˈtəʊnlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TONELESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Toneless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TONELESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of toneless in the English dictionary

The definition of toneless in the dictionary is having no tone. Other definition of toneless is lacking colour or vitality.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TONELESS


backboneless
ˈbækbəʊnlɪs
boneless
ˈbəʊnlɪs
brainless
ˈbreɪnlɪs
chainless
ˈtʃeɪnlɪs
dimensionless
daɪˈmenʃənlɪs
directionless
dɪˈrɛkʃənlɪs
downless
ˈdaʊnlɪs
finless
ˈfɪnlɪs
frictionless
ˈfrɪkʃ ənlɪs
motionless
ˈməʊʃənlɪs
nounless
ˈnaʊnlɪs
passionless
ˈpæʃənlɪs
seasonless
ˈsiːzənlɪs
sinless
ˈsɪnlɪs
spineless
ˈspaɪnlɪs
stainless
ˈsteɪnlɪs
sunless
ˈsʌnlɪs
thornless
ˈθɔːnlɪs
winless
ˈwɪnlɪs
zoneless
ˈzəʊnlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TONELESS

tone control knob
tone deafness
tone down
tone language
tone poem
tone row
tone series
tone up
tone-deaf
tone-setter
toned
tonelessly
tonelessness
toneme
tonemic
tonepad
toner
tonetic
tonetically
tonette

WORDS THAT END LIKE TONELESS

bottomless
careless
clueless
faceless
homeless
hopeless
lifeless
loveless
nameless
nevertheless
nonetheless
priceless
senseless
shameless
sleeveless
tasteless
timeless
tireless
tubeless
useless
wireless

Synonyms and antonyms of toneless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «toneless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TONELESS

Find out the translation of toneless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of toneless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «toneless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不具有音色
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

átona
570 millions of speakers

English

toneless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेराग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بلا نغمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бесцветным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

toneless
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুজ্বল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

atone
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bermaya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tonlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単調な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

억양이없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora apik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không rực rở
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

toneless
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टोनलेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

perdesiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

atona
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bezbarwny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безбарвним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άτονα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tonlös
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tonløs
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of toneless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TONELESS»

The term «toneless» is normally little used and occupies the 115.773 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TONELESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about toneless

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TONELESS»

Discover the use of toneless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to toneless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Aspects of Tone and Voice in Phuthi
In all paradigms where the penult of a toneless stem is clearly not depressed (not L), we would need to assume that the *Max-L (tc) constraint needs invoking (e.g. participial present tense, phrase-medial (short) present indicative"). This, then ...
Simon Scurr Donnelly, 2007
2
Introducing Phonology
Another phenomenon demonstrating the independence of tones and vowels is the existence of underlyingly toneless vowels. This can be illustrated with data from Margyi. There are two tones in Margyi, H and L, but there are three underlying ...
David Odden, 1994
3
Grounded Phonology
Stems in Margi can be demonstrated to belong to one of four classes: (i) L, (ii) H, ( iii) LH, or (iv) toneless.13 From surface tonal patterns, bidirectionality of tone spreading appears to be required because of the interaction of the four tone classes ...
Diana B. Archangeli, Douglas George Pulleyblank, 1994
4
Word Prosodic Systems in the Languages of Europe
however, toneless stems followed by tonal desinences have, like the tonal stems, become stressed on the penultimate syllable. This can be explained by assuming a relatively modern rule that marks tonal desinences as extrametrical when ...
Harry van der Hulst, 1999
5
Tone
I will therefore accept Clark's claim that they are toneless. Now consider the forms in (d). The affix has no perceptible tonal effect, since the surface forms for toneless roots and L roots share no output tones at all, being HH and LL respectively.
Moira Yip, 2002
6
Image Sensors and Signal Processing for Digital Still Cameras
10.3.1.6 White Clipping/Lack of Color/Toneless Black White clipping, lack of color , and toneless black areas are observed partly because the image sensor does not have enough dynamic range and partly because the operating point of the ...
Junichi Nakamura, 2005
7
An Autosegmental Analysis of Venda Tonology
On the other hand, there would be no toneless TBU's anywhere else in noun stems —i.e. the only place toneless vowels would be possible in a noun stem would be as the first vowel of a prefixless stem. This is. indeed, a rather inexplicable ...
Farida Cassimjee, 1992
8
The Linguistic Typology and Representation of African Languages
Now contrast the behavior of the 'toneless' roots above with that of M-toned roots. As shown in (20) (cf. (16)), the M-toned root does not take on the grammatical tones of the irrealis or negative, but remains M-toned. Note, however, that the tone ...
John M. Mugane, 2003
9
Tone in Lexical Phonology
(55) amu L The first vowel — which is underlyingly toneless — assumes the tone of the preceding syllable, but the second tone is always L. (56) a. HI falamu dance! SG dance! PL b. wi wiamu run! SG run! PL On the face of it, this set of tonal ...
Douglas Pulleyblank, 1986
10
The Derivational Residue in Phonological Optimality Theory
zarj 'insides' zaij Bénam 'Bonam's insides' mar; 'tail' marg sadé 'animal's tail' gbara 'hard part' gbara kura 'arrow-head' In (8), toneless nouns are shown in the associative construction in phrases using 'which'. Again, there is a surface ...
Ben Hermans, Marc van Oostendorp, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TONELESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term toneless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
It's a High Note for Pitch Perfect 2
Being a toneless wonder has never stung more than after seeing Pitch Perfect 2. How I wish I could hit a five-octave squee of delight for its a cappella musical ... «TheStranger.com, May 15»
2
Help? Can ANYONE Teach Me to Sing?
I took singing lessons with a teacher whose schtick was 'everyone can sing'. She was encouraging, but I still hated the sound of my thin, toneless voice wavering ... «Huffington Post, Jan 15»
3
Watch Hot Sugar's Glitchy, Gorgeous "Not Afraid to Die" Video
The haunting instrumental -- the rusty music-box intro, the soft, toneless noise interlude at 2:30 -- is from Hot Sugar's forthcoming album God's Hand, out Feb 24 ... «Papermag, Jan 15»
4
Edelstein on Night Moves: This Ecoterrorism Thriller Is a Cunning …
He holds forth in an angry but toneless voice about the “ticking time bomb of industrialization” and the arrogance of building golf courses all over the high desert, ... «Vulture, May 14»
5
Casa Del Jardin Offers Girls A Life After Prostitution
TIJUANA, Mexico — The 19-year-old woman has a baby face covered in heavy makeup. Her voice is hesitant and toneless as she discusses her experiences in ... «Fronteras: The Changing America Desk, Jan 14»
6
Review: Drop Electric's Waking Up to the Fire
The problem with Waking Up to the Fire is that Drop Electric's electro-pop sound grows repetitive quickly. Reznikov herself sounds bored and toneless on "Carl ... «DCist.com, Oct 13»
7
Paul Walker is Agent 47 in Hitman reboot
Yay, another actor who doesn't look the part for another video game movie that didn't need a reboot. Agent 47 is also known for his husky and toneless voice. «Nerd Reactor, Feb 13»
8
Bob Dylan careers from bard to worse
The voice that once was beguilingly “like sand and glue” has become a toneless rasp and the Pseuds' Corner tendency of his fanbase to claim him as one of the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 12»
9
Mitt Romney, World's Worst Lounge Singer
What's brilliant about "Firms" isn't so much the way it mails home the irony of Romney murdering "America the Beautiful" with his toneless, tuneless voice on the ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 12»
10
Review: Tribute to Fritz Kreisler at the Library of Congress
The almost toneless twittering of breathy piccolo, in imitation of the birds that pierce the quiet, punctuates the work structurally. Folksy or bluesy guitar and ... «Washington Post, Feb 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Toneless [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/toneless>. Apr 2024 ».
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