tone
n//toʊn//klang, ton, helton, nyans, tona
(language, dated) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
(language, literature) The manner in which speech or writing is expressed, especially the aspects of diction (word choice), connotation, emotiveness, and register.
(transitive) to give a particular tone to
(transitive) to change the colour of