Meanings
nountone mark (plural tone marks)
plural tone marks
- human sciencesA symbol used to indicate tones in tonal languages.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 聲調符號 /声调符号
- 聲調符號 /声调符号 (shēngdiào fúhào)tone mark
Finnish toonimerkki
- toonimerkkitone mark
French marque de ton
- marque de tontone mark
German Tonzeichen
- Tonzeichentone mark
Japanese 声調記号
- 声調記号 (seichō kigō)tone mark
Portuguese marca de tom
- marca de tomtone mark
Russian то́новый знак
- то́новый знак (tónovyj znak)tone mark
Spanish marca de tono
- marca de tonotone mark
Thai วรรณยุกต์
- วรรณยุกต์ (wan-ná-yúk)tone mark
Vietnamese dấu thanh điệu
- dấu thanh điệutone mark
Cite this entry
APA
tone mark. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone%20mark
MLA
“tone mark.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone%20mark. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tone mark,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tone%20mark.
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