tonus

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tonus (“strain, tension”). Doublet of tone, tune, and ton (fashion/style). === Noun === tonus (countable and uncountable, plural tonuses or toni) (biology) tonicity; tone A tonal system or mode used in Gregorian chant. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Notus, Tuson, noust, nouts, nutso, snout == Finnish == === Etymology === Latin tonus === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtonus/, [ˈt̪o̞nus̠] Rhymes: -onus Syllabification(key): to‧nus Hyphenation(key): to‧nus === Noun === tonus (medicine) synonym of jänteys ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “tonus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 14 May 2026 == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of ton, an earlier borrowing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ.nys/ === Noun === tonus m (invariable) muscle tone, tonicity, tonus (by extension) energy, strength ==== Related terms ==== tonicité tonifier === Further reading === “tonus”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtɔ.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtɔː.nus] === Noun === tonus m (genitive tonī); second declension The stretching or straining of a rope. (by extension) A strain; tension. (figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something. (figuratively) A crack of thunder. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== ==== See also ==== tonō === References === “tonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "tonus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tonus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tonus. === Noun === tonus n (plural tonusuri) muscle tone tonus ==== Declension ====