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5-letter words (4 found)

NOTAL,TALON,TOLAN,TONAL,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALTO,LANT,LOAN,LOTA,NOTA,TOLA,

3-letter words (10 found)

ALT,ANT,LAT,LOT,NAT,NOT,OAT,TAN,TAO,TON,

2-letter words (10 found)

AL,AN,AT,LA,LO,NA,NO,ON,TA,TO,

You can make 30 words from tonal according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tonal

tonal otnal tnoal ntoal ontal notal toanl otanl taonl atonl oatnl aotnl tnaol ntaol tanol atnol natol antol onatl noatl oantl aontl naotl anotl tonla otnla tnola ntola ontla notla tolna otlna tlona ltona oltna lotna tnloa ntloa tlnoa ltnoa nltoa lntoa onlta nolta olnta lonta nlota lnota toaln otaln taoln atoln oatln aotln tolan otlan tloan ltoan oltan lotan talon atlon tlaon ltaon alton laton oaltn aoltn olatn loatn alotn laotn tnalo ntalo tanlo atnlo natlo antlo tnlao ntlao tlnao ltnao nltao lntao talno atlno tlano ltano altno latno nalto anlto nlato lnato alnto lanto onalt noalt oanlt aonlt naolt anolt onlat nolat olnat lonat nloat lnoat oalnt aolnt olant loant alont laont nalot anlot nlaot lnaot alnot lanot

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Definitions and meaning of tonal

tonal

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtoʊnəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtəʊnəl/
  • Rhymes: -əʊnəl

Etymology 1

tone +‎ -al

Adjective

tonal (comparative more tonal, superlative most tonal)

  1. Of or relating to tones or tonality.
  2. Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
  3. (music) Employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic.
  4. (linguistics) Employing differences in pitch (tones) to distinguish differences in the meaning of otherwise similar words (words which would otherwise be homophonic).
Antonyms
  • atonal
Derived terms
Related terms
  • tonality
  • tonally
Translations

Etymology 2

From Nahuatl tōnalli (“day, day sign”).

Alternative forms

  • tona

Noun

tonal (plural tonals)

  1. (in Mesoamerican mythology) An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
Related terms
  • tonalli
See also
  • nahual

Anagrams

  • Alton, Laton, Talon, Tolan, Tolna, laton, notal, talon

Central Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • (Amecameca): tonatih
  • (Milpa Alta): tonaltzintli

Etymology

From Classical Nahuatl tonatiuh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toːˈna.l/

Noun

tonal

  1. (Tlaxcala) sun

French

Etymology

From ton +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

Adjective

tonal (feminine tonale, masculine plural tonaux, feminine plural tonales)

  1. tonal

Further reading

  • “tonal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Etymology

Ton +‎ -al

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈnaːl/

Adjective

tonal (strong nominative masculine singular tonaler, comparative tonaler, superlative am tonalsten)

  1. tonal

Declension

Further reading

  • “tonal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “tonal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “tonal” in Duden online

Highland Puebla Nahuatl

Alternative forms

  • to̱nal

Noun

tonal

  1. sun

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tonus +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: to‧nal

Adjective

tonal m or f (plural tonais, not comparable)

  1. tonal

Derived terms

  • tonalmente

References

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tonal. By surface analysis, ton (tone) +‎ -al.

Adjective

tonal m or n (feminine singular tonală, masculine plural tonali, feminine and neuter plural tonale)

  1. tonal

Declension

Related terms

  • atonal
  • ton
  • tonalitate

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈnal/ [t̪oˈnal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: to‧nal

Adjective

tonal m or f (masculine and feminine plural tonales)

  1. tonal

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “tonal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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