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{{also|tonął|tónál}}
==English==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈtoʊnəl/|a=GenAm}}
* {{IPA|en|/ˈtəʊnəl/|a=RP}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tonal.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|əʊnəl|s=2}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{suffix|en|tone|al}}.
{{wikipedia}}

====Adjective====
{{en-adj}}

# Of or relating to [[tone]]s or [[tonality]].
# Of or relating to the general character, mood, or trend of something.
#* {{quote-journal|en|journal=Time|title=Boardwalk Empire Watch: Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?|author=James Poniewozik|date=December 5 2011
|passage=The lurid way the story played out felt like a '''tonal''' shift for Empire, but not necessarily a bad one—in the process of shedding its cool costume-drama attitude for grotesque family dysfunction, the episode felt for once less like a story about Prohibition and more one about a specific set of people.
|url=https://entertainment.time.com/2011/12/05/boardwalk-empire-watch-mother-may-i-sleep-with-danger/}}
# {{lb|en|music}} Employing tones that have a [[predictable]] [[relationship]] to some [[tonic]].
# {{lb|en|linguistics}} Employing [[difference]]s in [[pitch]] ([[tone]]s) to [[distinguish]] differences in the [[meaning]] of otherwise [[similar]] [[word]]s (words which would otherwise be [[homophonic]]).

=====Antonyms=====
* {{l|en|atonal}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col-auto|en|nontonal|tonal center|tonal noise}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|tonality}}
* {{l|en|tonally}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|of or relating to tones or tonality}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|тонален}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|tonal}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|tonaal}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tonaalinen}}
* French: {{t+|fr|tonal}}
* German: {{t+|de|tonal}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tonúil}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tonale}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tonal}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tonal}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|тона́льный|m}}, {{t+|ru|то́новый|m}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|tonal}}
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{{trans-top|employing tones that have a predictable relationship to some tonic}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tonaalinen}}
* German: {{t+|de|tonal}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tonúil}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|tonal}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|employing differences in pitch to distinguish differences in meaning}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|tonaalinen}}
* German: {{t+|de|tonal}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|tonúil}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|tonale}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|tonal}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
From {{uder|en|nah|tonalli|tōnalli|day, day sign}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alter|en|tona}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# {{lb|en|in|_|Mesoamerican|_|mythology}} An animal companion which accompanies a person from birth to death.
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1989|author=Robert Bartley Taylor|title=Indians of Middle America: an introduction to the ethnology of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean|page=122
|passage=When a '''tonal''' suffers misfortune or death, the same thing happens to the person associated with it.}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|tonalli}}

=====See also=====
* {{l|en|nahual}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=alnot|Alton|Laton|Talon|Tolan|Tolna|laton|notal|talon}}

==Central Nahuatl==

===Alternative forms===
* {{sense|Amecameca}} {{l|nhn|tonatih}}
* {{sense|Milpa Alta}} {{l|nhn|tonaltzintli}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|nhn|nci|tonatiuh}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nhn|/toːˈna.l/}}

===Noun===
{{head|nhn|noun}}

# {{lb|nhn|Tlaxcala}} [[sun]]

==French==

===Etymology===
From {{af|fr|ton|-al}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|fr|LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tonal.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# {{l|en|tonal}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==German==

===Etymology===
{{affix|de|Ton|-al}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|de|/toˈnaːl/|}}
* {{audio|de|De-tonal.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{de-adj|comp}}

# [[#English|tonal]]

====Declension====
{{de-adecl|comp}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:DWDS}}
* {{R:UniLeipzig}}
* {{R:Duden}}

==Highland Puebla Nahuatl==
===Alternative forms===
* {{l|azz|to̱nal}}

===Noun===
{{head|azz|noun}}

# [[sun]]

==Portuguese==

===Etymology===
From {{af|pt|tonus|-al|lang1=la}}.<ref>{{R:pt:Infopédia}}</ref><ref>{{R:pt:Priberam}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|pt|al|q1=Portugal|aw|q2=Brazil|s=2}}
* {{hyphenation|pt|to|nal}}

===Adjective===
{{pt-adj|hascomp=no}}

# {{l|en|tonal}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|pt|tonalmente}}

===References===
<references/>

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|fr|tonal}}. {{surf|ro|ton|tr1=[[tone]]|-al}}.

===Adjective===
{{ro-adj}}

# {{l|en|tonal}}

====Declension====
{{ro-decl-adj}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ro|atonal}}
* {{l|ro|ton}}
* {{l|ro|tonalitate}}

==Spanish==

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Adjective===
{{es-adj}}

# {{l|en|tonal}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|es
|atonal
|altura tonal
|bitonal
|sandhi tonal
|tonalidad
|tonalmente}}

====Related terms====
{{col-auto|es|tono}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}