Overtone — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality

a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈoʊvɚtˌoʊn/

🇬🇧British English

/ˈəʊvətˌəʊn/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˈəʊvətˌəʊn/

3 syllables Say it as /ˈoʊvɚtˌoʊn/.

Examples

overtones of despair

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

partial partial tone

Parts of Speech

noun	(usually plural) an ulterior implicit meaning or quality “overtones of despair”
noun	a harmonic with a frequency that is a multiple of the fundamental frequency

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Oberton

(normalerweise Plural) eine hintergründige implizite Bedeutung oder Qualität

🇫🇷French

harmonique

(généralement au pluriel) une signification ou une qualité implicite ultérieure

🇪🇸Spanish

armónico

(generalmente plural) un significado o cualidad implícita ulterior

🇮🇹Italian

sovratono

(solitamente plurale) un ulteriore significato o qualità implicita

🇳🇱Dutch

boventoon

(meestal meervoud) een verborgen impliciete betekenis of kwaliteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

tom

(geralmente plural) um significado ou qualidade implícita posterior

🇷🇺Russian

обертон

(обычно множественное число) скрытый неявный смысл или качество

India

🇮🇳Hindi

ओवरटोन

(आमतौर पर बहुवचन) एक परोक्ष निहित अर्थ या गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Tamil

மேலோட்டம்

(பொதுவாக பன்மை) ஒரு மறைமுகமான பொருள் அல்லது தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

ఓవర్ టోన్

(సాధారణంగా బహువచనం) అంతర్లీన అవ్యక్త అర్థం లేదా నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

ओव्हरटोन

(सामान्यतः अनेकवचनी) एक अस्पष्ट गर्भित अर्थ किंवा गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

ઓવરટોન

(સામાન્ય રીતે બહુવચન) એક અસ્પષ્ટ ગર્ભિત અર્થ અથવા ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಉಚ್ಚಾರಣೆ

(ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಬಹುವಚನ) ಒಂದು ಒಳಗಿನ ಸೂಚ್ಯ ಅರ್ಥ ಅಥವಾ ಗುಣಮಟ್ಟ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഓവർ ടോൺ

(സാധാരണയായി ബഹുവചനം) ഒരു അന്തർലീനമായ അർത്ഥം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഗുണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਓਵਰਟੋਨ

(ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਬਹੁਵਚਨ) ਇੱਕ ਉਲਟ ਅਰਥ ਜਾਂ ਗੁਣ

🇵🇰Urdu

اوور ٹون

(عام طور پر جمع) ایک غیر واضح معنی یا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

泛音

（通常是复数）隐含的含义或性质

🇯🇵Japanese

倍音

(通常は複数形) 隠れた暗黙の意味または性質

🇰🇷Korean

상음

(보통 복수형) 은밀한 암시적 의미나 품질

🇻🇳Vietnamese

âm bội

(thường là số nhiều) một ý nghĩa hoặc chất lượng ẩn sâu bên trong

🇹🇭Thai

โอเวอร์โทน

(โดยปกติจะเป็นพหูพจน์) ความหมายหรือคุณภาพโดยนัยที่ซ่อนอยู่

🇮🇩Indonesian

nada tambahan

(biasanya jamak) makna atau kualitas implisit yang tersembunyi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

نغمة

(عادة الجمع) معنى ضمني أو جودة

🇮🇷Persian

فراتون

(معمولاً جمع) معنی یا کیفیت ضمنی نهانی

🇹🇷Turkish

aşırı ton

(genellikle çoğul) gizli bir örtülü anlam veya nitelik

🇮🇱Hebrew

צְלִיל עִלִי

(בדרך כלל רבים) משמעות או איכות סמויות נסתרות

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