1. Home
  2. Scrabble Dictionary. Word Meaning and Points

Tonus in Scrabble and Meaning

Lookup Word Points and Definitions

What does tonus mean? Is tonus a Scrabble word?

How many points in Scrabble is tonus worth? tonus how many points in Words With Friends? What does tonus mean? Get all these answers on this page.

Scrabble® and Words with Friends® points for tonus

See how to calculate how many points for tonus.

Is tonus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word tonus is a Scrabble US word. The word tonus is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

T1O1N1U1S1

Is tonus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word tonus is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

T1O1N1U1S1

Is tonus a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word tonus is a Words With Friends word. The word tonus is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

T1O1N2U2S1

Our tools

Valid words made from Tonus

Jump to...

Results

5-letter words (5 found)

NUTSO,SNOUT,STOUN,TONUS,TOUNS,

4-letter words (14 found)

NOUS,NOUT,NUTS,ONST,ONUS,OUST,OUTS,SNOT,SOUT,STUN,TONS,TOUN,TUNS,UNTO,

3-letter words (15 found)

NOS,NOT,NUS,NUT,ONS,OUS,OUT,SON,SOT,SOU,SUN,TON,TUN,UNS,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

NO,NU,ON,OS,OU,SO,ST,TO,UN,US,UT,

You can make 45 words from tonus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of tonus

tonus otnus tnous ntous ontus notus touns otuns tuons utons outns uotns tnuos ntuos tunos utnos nutos untos onuts nouts ounts uonts nuots unots tonsu otnsu tnosu ntosu ontsu notsu tosnu otsnu tsonu stonu ostnu sotnu tnsou ntsou tsnou stnou nstou sntou onstu nostu osntu sontu nsotu snotu tousn otusn tuosn utosn outsn uotsn tosun otsun tsoun stoun ostun sotun tuson utson tsuon stuon uston suton oustn uostn osutn soutn usotn suotn tnuso ntuso tunso utnso nutso untso tnsuo ntsuo tsnuo stnuo nstuo sntuo tusno utsno tsuno stuno ustno sutno nusto unsto nsuto snuto usnto sunto onust noust ounst uonst nuost unost onsut nosut osnut sonut nsout snout ousnt uosnt osunt sount usont suont nusot unsot nsuot snuot usnot sunot

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word tonus. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in tonus.

Definitions and meaning of tonus

tonus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus (“strain, tension”). Doublet of tone.

Noun

tonus (countable and uncountable, plural tonuses)

  1. (biology) tonicity; tone
    muscular tonus

Anagrams

  • Notus, Tuson, noust, nouts, nutso, snout

Finnish

Etymology

Latin tonus

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtonus/, [ˈt̪o̞nus̠]
  • Rhymes: -onus
  • Syllabification(key): to‧nus

Noun

tonus

  1. (medicine) Synonym of jänteys

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of ton, an earlier borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔ.nys/

Noun

tonus m (plural tonus)

  1. muscle tone, tonicity, tonus
  2. (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) IPA(key): /ˈto.nus/, [ˈt̪ɔnʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈto.nus/, [ˈt̪ɔːnus]

Noun

tonus m (genitive tonī); second declension

  1. The stretching or straining of a rope.
  2. (by extension) A strain; tension.
  3. (figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something.
  4. (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’s 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)

  1. muscle tone
  2. tonus

Declension


Source: wiktionary.org