tonal
French, adjective\tɔ.nal\
tonal is spelled T-O-N-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tonal is a French adjective meaning “tonal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui se rapporte au ton, à la hauteur du son. Qui possède des tons”.
What does tonal mean in English?
adjective
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tonal
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte au ton, à la hauteur du son. Qui possède des tons. 2. Qui se rapporte à la tonalité. 3. Qui fonctionne selon un système de ton.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tonal
- tonale feminine
- tonals masculine plural
- tonaux masculine plural
- tonales feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tonal?
- \tɔ.nal\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tonal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tonal in French?
tonal appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).