tone

• n. 音色；色合い；音程；音色
• vt.強調する；特定のキーで話す
• vi.色調を調和させる；心地よい音色を奏でる
• n. （トーン）人名；（R.S.C.）トーン；（英）トーン

ラテン語のtonus, tone, monotoneから、ギリシャ語のteinein, to extend, to stretchから、PIE*ten, to extend, to stretchを語源とし、tenure, extend, tune, および関連する意味を持つ語源で、皮膚の柔軟性を指すのに使われる。

tone

tone: [14] English acquired tone via Old French ton and Latin tonus from Greek tónos ‘stretching, tension’, hence ‘sound’. This in turn went back to the Indo-European base *ton-, *ten- ‘stretch’, which also produced English tend, tense, thin, etc. The semantic transference from ‘tension’ to ‘sound’ may have arisen from the notion of tightening the strings of a musical instrument, but it could also be due to association with another Indo-European base *ton-, meaning ‘resound’ (source of English thunder). The derivative tonic [17] comes ultimately from Greek tonikós. Tune is an unexplained variant of tone.
=> tend, tense, tenuous, thin, tune

tone (n.)

mid-14c., "musical sound or note," from Old French ton "musical sound, speech, words" (13c.) and directly from Latin tonus "a sound, tone, accent," literally "stretching" (in Medieval Latin, a term peculiar to music), from Greek tonos "vocal pitch, raising of voice, accent, key in music," originally "a stretching, tightening, taut string," related to teinein "to stretch" (see tenet). Sense of "manner of speaking" is from c. 1600. First reference to firmness of body is from 1660s. As "prevailing state of manners" from 1735; as "style in speaking or writing which reveals attitude" from 1765. Tone-deaf is from 1880; tone-poem from 1845.

tone (v.)

"to impart tone to," 1811, from tone (n.). Related: Toned; toning. To tone (something) down originally was in painting (1831); general sense of "reduce, moderate" is by 1847.

1. 「I know you，"he said flatly，matter-of-fact，neutral in tone .

「私はあなたを知っています。」彼は平板に言った。事について論じて、何の感情も持たない。

2.Each brick also varies slightly in tone ，texture and size.

各タイルは色調、生地、大きさにも少し異なります。

3.Helen 's choice of lipstick was a good match for her skin- tone .

ヘレンが選んだリップクリームは肌の色に合っている。

4.The violence in her tone gave Alistair a shock.

彼女の語気の強さにアリストテレスは驚いた。

5.The spokesman said the tone of the letter was very friendly.

報道官は手紙の語調がとても友好的だと言っています。