# ringtone
## English
### Alternative forms

* ring tone, ring-tone

### Etymology

From ring +‎ tone.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

ringtone (plural ringtones)
* The sound made by a telephone when ringing.
** 1975, LQ Krasin, RD Mccallum, Ringing generator for telephone station terminal - US Patent 3,886,321:voltage generator ringtone for installation in terminal stations of telephone communication systems for carrier wave
** 1980, Journal of Mechanical Design, page 229:The transducers used to measure cavity dynamic pressure and reed dynamic displacement are calibrated before each test, the ringtone oscillator assembly produces a sinusoidal driving pressure, with at most, a few small harmonics.
** 1999, B. Schweber, “Telephony Tone Generator Rings Long Loops”, in Reed Business Information:Introduces LT1684, a ringtone-generator integrated circuit (IC) for telephone systems from Linear Technology in California. Elimination of need for optoisolators; Function of active multipole filter within the IC; Adjustment of cadence, frequency and amplitude information;
** 2009, J Kates, R Miller, System and method for providing calling-party identification and/or calling-party or called-party ringback services - US Patent 7,602,901:The source and destination nodes may be equipped with ringtone-generation engines to generate ringtones. Each of the ringtones includes at least one audible tone.
* A customizable tone used to indicate an incoming call on a telephone, especially a mobile phone.
    I set my favorite song as my ringtone.
** 2004, The Entertainment and Sports Lawyer; Volume 22:So even if the primary purpose of a ringtone is to notify the user of an incoming call, the effect of a ringtone played in public cannot be ignored if the reason users choose ringtones is, in part, in order to impress others .
** 2005, Bill Foust, Mobile Guide to BlackBerry, page 121121:This actually downloads the ringtone onto your handheld and displays a screen allowing you to save it, shown in Figure 8.12.
** 2006, Alex Turner, “A Certain Romance”, in Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not, performed by Arctic Monkeys:There's only music so that there's new ringtones
** 2012, David Pogue, iPhone: The Missing Manual, page 152:Using simple audio tools in the iTunes program, you could buy a song for $1, choose a 30-second chunk, pay $1 more for the ringtone, and sync the result to your iPhone.
** 2019, 100 gecs, “ringtone”, in 1000 gecs‎:My boy's got his own ringtone / It's the only one I know, it's the only one I know

#### Derived terms

* ringtone rap
* ringtone oscillator

#### Translations
### Verb

ringtone (third-person singular simple present ringtones, present participle ringtoning, simple past and past participle ringtoned)
* (ambitransitive) Of a telephone: to play a ringtone.
** 2015, Herb Borkland, DOG$, page 15:My handheld ringtoned “Happy Days are Here Again.” I withdrew into a quieter corner of Mahogany Bar and stuck a finger in my other ear.
** 2019, Arthur Slade, Amber Fang (Books 1-3): Boxed Set:The cell reception is less than zero here, but my phone was ringtoning away. I did not like the sound of that.

### Anagrams

* retoning, Notinger, integron, nitrogen

## Dutch
### Alternative forms

* ringtoon (unofficial)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English ringtone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɪŋ.toːn/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ring‧tone

### Noun

ringtone m (plural ringtones)
* ringtone (sound made by a ringing telephone)
    Synonym: beltoon

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ringtone.

### Noun

ringtone m (plural ringtones)
* ringtone (sound made by a telephone when ringing)
    Synonym: toque

## Spanish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English ringtone.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rinˈton/ [rĩn̪ˈt̪õn]
* Rhymes: -on

### Noun

ringtone m (plural ringtones)
* ringtone

#### Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.