From generic use of the proper nameTom .
tom (plural toms )
The male of thedomesticated cat , especially if notneutered . The male of theturkey . The male of theorangutan . The male of certain other animals. ( UK , slang , dated ) Afemale prostitute .( US , slang ) Alesbian .( music ) Clipping oftom-tom .( obsolete ) Thejack oftrumps in thecard game gleek .( UK , regional , obsolete ) Aclose-stool .( intact male cat ) :
male cat
Arabic:قِطّ (ar) m ( qiṭṭ ) Gulf Arabic: قطو m ( gaṭu ) ,عتوي m ( ʕitwi ) Assamese: বোন্দা ( bünda ) Asturian:gatu (ast) Belarusian:кот (be) m ( kot ) Breton: targazh (br) m Bulgarian: котара́к m ( kotarák ) Burmese: ကြောင်ထီး (my) ( kraunghti: ) Catalan:gat (ca) m ( male or generic ) Chinese: Mandarin: 郎貓 / 郎猫 (zh) ( lángmāo ) Crimean Tatar:pardoş Czech:kocour (cs) m Danish: hankat (da) c Dutch: kater (nl) m , mannetjeskat m Esperanto: virkato (eo) ( idiomatic ) ,katiĉo (eo) ( neologism ) Fijian:pusi (fj) Finnish:kolli (fi) ,uroskissa (fi) French:matou (fr) m , chat (fr) m German: Kater (de) m , Katzenmännchen n , männliche Katze f , Kätzerich m ( mostly humorous, rare ) Greek: γάτος (el) m ( gátos ) ,κεραμιδόγατος (el) m ( keramidógatos ) ,αλητόγατος m ( alitógatos ) Hausa: mùzūrū m Hindi: बिल्ला (hi) m ( billā ) Hungarian: kandúr (hu) Icelandic:högni m Ido: katulo (io) Ingrian:kullikasi Interlingua:catto Irish:fearchat m Italian: gatto (it) m Jamaican Creole: ram puss ,man puss Japanese:雄猫 (ja) ( おすねこ, osuneko, おねこ, oneko ) Kashmiri:برٛور ( brōr ) ,بیٛور ( byōr ) Khmer:សត្វឆ្មាបា ( sat cmaa baa ) ,ឆ្មាបា ( cmaa baa ) Korean:수고양이 (ko) ( sugoyang'i ) Lao:ແມວຜູ້ ( mǣu phū ) Latvian:runcis (lv) m Macedonian: мачор m ( mačor ) Malay: kucing jantan Malayalam:കണ്ടൻപൂച്ച (ml) ( kaṇṭaṉpūcca ) Maori:tame Navajo:mósíkąʼ ,gídíkąʼ Norwegian:Bokmål:hannkatt m Nynorsk: hannkatt m , fross m Polish: kocur (pl) m , kot (pl) m Portuguese: gato (pt) m Romanian: cotoi (ro) m , motan (ro) m Russian: кот (ru) m ( kot ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: мачор m , мачак m Roman: mačor (sh) m , mačak (sh) m Sindhi: ٽامڪ Slovak:kocúr (sk) m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: kócor m Upper Sorbian: kocor m Spanish: gato (es) m Swedish: hankatt (sv) c Tatar: ата мәче ( ata mäçe ) Telugu:పోతుపిల్లి ( pōtupilli ) Turkish:kotak Ukrainian:кіт (uk) m ( kit ) Urdu: بلّا m ( billā ) Volapük: hikat (vo) Walloon:marou (wa) m , marcåd (wa) m Welsh: gwrcath m ( South ) ,cath wryw f ( North ) West Frisian: boarre c Yiddish: קאָטער m ( koter )
Shortened fromtomato
tom (plural toms )
( British , greengrocers' slang ) Atomato ( the fruit ) .Toms 90p a pound2009 , Mark Penny, Jonathan Penny,The Golden Pig , page160 :“I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon,toms , mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike.
Rhyming slang fromtomfoolery .
tom (uncountable )
( Cockney rhyming slang ) jewellery FromUncle Tom .
tom (third-person singular simple present toms ,present participle tomming ,simple past and past participle tommed )
( intransitive , derogatory , of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.tom (third-person singular simple present toms ,present participle tomming ,simple past and past participle tommed )
( nautical ) To dig out ahole below thehatch cover of abulker and fill it withcargo orweights to aidstability .terms containing the word "tom". Some should probably be listed in the right place above
tom
locative masculine / neuter singular often FromOld Norse tómr , fromProto-Germanic *tōmaz ( “ empty ” ) .
tom (neuter tomt ,plural and definite singular attributive tomme )
empty FromEnglish tom .
tom
( music ) tom ,tom-tom ( percussion instrument ) FromMiddle Irish tomm ( “ bush, tuft; hillock, knoll ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *tum- ( “ mound ” ) .
tom m (genitive singular toim ,nominative plural toim or tomacha )
bush ,shrub Synonym: tor clump ,tuft ,tussock Synonym: tortóg tom m (genitive singular toma ,nominative plural tomanna )
Alternative form oftaom ( “ fit, paroxysm ” ) tom (present analytic tomann ,future analytic tomfaidh ,verbal noun tomadh ,past participle tomtha )
Alternative form oftum ( “ dip, immerse ” ) verbal noun tomadh past participle tomtha tense singular plural relative autonomous first second third first second third indicative present tomaim tomann tú;tomair † tomann sé, sítomaimid tomann sibhtomann siad;tomaid † athomann ; athomas / adtomann * tomtar past thom mé;thomas thom tú;thomais thom sé, síthomamar ;thom muidthom sibh;thomabhair thom siad;thomadar athom / arthom * tomadh past habitual thomainn /dtomainn ‡‡thomtá /dtomtá ‡‡thomadh sé, sí /dtomadh sé, s퇇thomaimis ;thomadh muid /dtomaimis ‡‡;dtomadh muid‡‡thomadh sibh /dtomadh sibh‡‡thomaidís ;thomadh siad /dtomaidís ‡‡;dtomadh siad‡‡athomadh / adtomadh * thomtaí /dtomtaí ‡‡future tomfaidh mé;tomfad tomfaidh tú;tomfair † tomfaidh sé, sítomfaimid ;tomfaidh muidtomfaidh sibhtomfaidh siad;tomfaid † athomfaidh ; athomfas / adtomfaidh * tomfar conditional thomfainn /dtomfainn ‡‡thomfá /dtomfá ‡‡thomfadh sé, sí /dtomfadh sé, s퇇thomfaimis ;thomfadh muid /dtomfaimis ‡‡;dtomfadh muid‡‡thomfadh sibh /dtomfadh sibh‡‡thomfaidís ;thomfadh siad /dtomfaidís ‡‡;dtomfadh siad‡‡athomfadh / adtomfadh * thomfaí /dtomfaí ‡‡subjunctive present godtoma mé; godtomad † godtoma tú; godtomair † godtoma sé, sí godtomaimid ; godtoma muid godtoma sibh godtoma siad; godtomaid † — godtomtar past dádtomainn dádtomtá dádtomadh sé, sí dádtomaimis ; dádtomadh muid dádtomadh sibh dádtomaidís ; dádtomadh siad — dádtomtaí imperative – tomaim tom tomadh sé, sítomaimis tomaigí ;tomaidh † tomaidís — tomtar
* indirect relative † archaic or dialect form ‡‡ dependent form used with particles that triggereclipsis
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromOld Javanese tom , fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum .
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indigo ( plant ) The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011 ) “tom”, inKamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary) ] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius,→ISBN
tom
spear tom
locative masculine / neuter singular often tom
human bodylouse tom
Alternative form oftome ( “ empty ” ) tom (uncountable )
Alternative form oftome ( “ freetime ” ) tom
( Southwest, southern West Midlands ) Alternative form oftame ( “ tame ” ) FromOld Norse tómr .
tom (neuter singular tomt ,definite singular and plural tomme ,comparative tommere ,indefinite superlative tommest ,definite superlative tommeste )
empty “tom” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .FromOld Norse tómr .
tom (neuter singular tomt ,definite singular and plural tomme ,comparative tommare ,indefinite superlative tommast ,definite superlative tommaste )
empty FromOld Norse taumr .
tom m (definite singular tommen ,indefinite plural tommar ,definite plural tommane )
Alternative form oftaum ;( pre-2012 ) alternative form oftaum “tom” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .tom
water FromProto-Germanic *tōmaz ( “ empty ” ) . Akin toOld Norse tómr ( “ empty ” ) , whenceIcelandic tómur ( “ empty ” ) .
tōm
empty ( figuratively ) free fromÐæt hīe mōstun mānweorcatōme lifgan and tīres blǣd ēcne āgan. That they might livefree from wicked works and own the eternal reward of glory. Declension oftōm — Strong
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum .
tom
indigo ( plant ) "tom" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. Learned borrowing fromLatin tomus , fromAncient Greek τόμος ( tómos ) .
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volume ( single book of a publication issued in multi-book format ) Synonyms: wolumen ,wolumin tom inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANtom in Polish dictionaries at PWNProbably asemi-learned borrowing fromLatin tonus (and influenced bysom ; compare theSpanish ton , variant of the standardtono , which underwent a similar change, influenced byson , respectively), fromAncient Greek τόνος ( tónos ,“ tone ” ) , fromτείνω ( teínō ,“ to stretch ” ) . Cf. alsotrom , a possible doublet.
tom m (plural tons )
tone ;pitch ( property of sound determined by the frequency ) tone ( shade or quality of a colour ) tone ( manner in which speech or writing is expressed ) ( music ) tone ( interval of a major second ) ( music ) key Borrowed fromFrench tome , fromLatin tomus .
tom n (plural tomuri )
volume FromOld Irish tom ( “ bush, tuft; hillock, knoll ” ) .
tom m (genitive singular tuim ,plural toman or tomannan )
roundhillock orknoll , rising ground,swell , greeneminence any roundheap tuft of anythingbush ,thicket anthill ( Islay ) stool volume of a bookbank grave ( medicine , rare ) theplague conicalknoll tọ̑m m inan
tome “tom ”, inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene),2014–2025 FromOld Norse tómr .
tom (comparative tommare ,superlative tommast )
empty tomma tunnor skramlar mestempty barrels make the most noise (those who complain most vigorously, are the least important) 1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.2 Dated or archaic.3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Used in Swedish since 1697. FromFrench tome ,Latin tomus ( “ section of larger work ” ) , fromAncient Greek τόμος ( tómos ,“ section, roll of papyrus, volume ” ) , fromτέμνω ( témnō ,“ I cut, separate ” ) . Cognate withEnglish tome .
tom c
A tome , avolume (in a series of books), a (thick)book .tom FromJavanese ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ ( tom ) , fromOld Javanese tom .
tom (Jawi توم )
indigo (Indigofera tinctoria )Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890 )Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate , E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 )A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh Probably fromProto-Indo-European *tewh₂- ( “ to swell ” ) . CompareMiddle Irish tomm ( “ clump, hill ” ) .
tom m or f (plural tomau )
dung ,excrement ,faeces Synonym: cach manure ,compost filth ,muck ,mire Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tom ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies FromProto-Hmong-Mien *dəp ( “ to bite ” ) ; compareProto-Malayo-Polynesian *ketep ( “ id ” ) , whenceIndonesian ketip ( “ dime, dite ” ) .[ 1]
tom
tobite Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium . Particularly: “Considered native Hmongic by Ratliff, though no reconstructed proto-form is given.[ 2] ”
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at ,there (nearby )Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979 )White Hmong — English Dictionary [1] , SEAP Publications,→ISBN , pages322-3 .tom
Second person singular possessive ( medial position ) your Second person singular object you