What does tonalité in French mean?
What is the meaning of the word tonalité in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use tonalité in French.
The word tonalité in French means dial tone, tone, key, tone, ringback tone. To learn more, please see the details below.
Meaning of the word tonalité
dial tone, tonenom féminin (son du téléphone) (phone) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Le téléphone était hors-service : il n'avait plus de tonalité. The phone was out of order; it had no dial tone. |
keynom féminin (caractéristiques d'un son) (Music) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) Les tonalités se distinguent en musique par les modes mineur et majeur. Keys in music are differentiated by the minor and major modes. |
tonenom féminin (impression générale) (mood) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La tonalité du discours était plutôt grave. The tone of the speech was quite serious. |
ringback tonenom féminin (téléphonie : son, bip) (telephone) (noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.) La tonalité de retour d'appel est ce que l'on entend tant que l'interlocuteur ne décroche pas. |
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