how to pronounce тон

/ton/

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тон is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of тон in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… синий тон нажимаем окей и вот …”

meanings of тон

noun:

Muscle tone.
Intonation.
Tone, plural: то́ны (tóny).
Tone, shade, plural: тона́ (toná).

тон frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word тон occurs in russian on average 21.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.