тонус
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tonus, a transliteration of Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “rope, tension”). Doublet of тон (ton, “tone”). Akin to native Bulgarian тъ́нък (tǎ́nǎk, “thin”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔnos]
Noun
то́нус • (tónus) m
- (physiology) tone, beat, vigor
- жи́знен то́нус ― žíznen tónus ― vital tone
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | то́нус tónus |
то́нуси tónusi |
| definite (subject form) |
то́нусът tónusǎt |
то́нусите tónusite |
| definite (object form) |
то́нуса tónusa | |
| count form | — | то́нуса tónusa |
Derived terms
- тонизи́рам (tonizíram, “to tonicize”)
- то́ник (tónik, “tonic”)
- тони́чен (toníčen, “tonal”)
References
- “тонус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “тонус”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Macedonian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɔnus]
Noun
тонус • (tonus) m
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | тонус (tonus) |
| definite unspecified | тонусот (tonusot) |
| definite proximal | тонусов (tonusov) |
| definite distal | тонусон (tonuson) |
| vocative | тонусу (tonusu) |
Russian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). See also тон (ton).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtonʊs]
Audio: (file)
Noun
то́нус • (tónus) m inan (genitive то́нуса, uncountable)
- (physiology, medicine) tone
- мы́шечный то́нус
- mýšečnyj tónus
- muscle tone
- energy, vigour
- жи́зненный то́нус
- žíznennyj tónus
- vitality