tónusában

Tónusában is a Hungarian word formed from the noun tónus (tone) with the third-person singular possessive and the inessive case suffix, literally meaning "in its tone" or "in the tone of." It is used to describe the characteristic tone, mood or timbre attributed to something, for example the emotional color of a text, the timbre of a sound, or the tonal quality of a performance.

Etymology traces tónus to Latin tonus and Greek tonos, originally meaning tension or pitch; the acute accents in Hungarian indicate long vowels (ó, á). Grammatically the form breaks down as tónus + -a (3rd person possessive) + -ban (inessive "in"), illustrating Hungarian suffixation and vowel harmony where case endings attach to the possessive form.

Typical usages include literary and critical language: A vers tónusában a melankólia dominál ("Melancholy dominates the poem's tone"); musical commentary: A felvétel tónusában melegség hallatszik ("A warmth is audible in the recording's tone"); and descriptive or clinical contexts where "tone" denotes muscle or voice quality. Pronunciation follows Hungarian phonology with stress on the first syllable and the letter s pronounced like English "sh."

As a compositional element in Hungarian, tónusában functions as a concise means to relate attributes back to their source by expressing "in the ... tone," and is commonly encountered in arts criticism, everyday description, and specialized discourse.