Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tone color

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables: tone -col-or
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of timbre (“quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume”).

Inflected Forms

tone colors (plural) tone colour (alternative, Commonwealth)

Synonyms

timbre

Questions

What does tone color mean?: Synonym of timbre (“quality of a sound independent of its pitch and volume”).

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