FromFrenchtonne.Doublet ofton andtun.
tonne (pluraltonnes)
- (outside US) A unit ofmass equal to 1000kilograms.
- Synonyms:metric ton,megagram
1961 February, “Letters to the Editor: Swiss railways”, inTrains Illustrated, page126:Although loads of up to 900tonnes could be handled by one of these locomotives, in practice the load is limited to 790tonnes by drawgear.
1971,Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Arcihtects, volume113, page215:The metric ton or 'tonne' is accepted as a synonym for the megagramme, and this form Is to be preferred on the grounds of brevity and familiarity in the industry. It may be as well to use the pronunciation 'tunnie' until the risk of confusion with the old ton has passed.
1972 May,Which:The British Steel Corporation, going metric but realising the possible confusion between a ton and a tonne (1,000 kilograms) has directed its staff to pronounce ‘tonne’ ‘tunnie’.
2002, Richard Chapman,Physics for Geologists, CRC Press, published2002,→ISBN, page138:Thetonne rhymes withcon (perhaps not in North America!) to distinguish it from the non-SI unit of weight, theton rhyming withbun.
Even in British and Commonwealth use, the Americanismmetric ton is sometimes employed where confusion might arise with the traditional English tons of 2000 or 2240 pounds. Alternatively, variant pronunciations oftonne have been promoted to help clarify its meaning. In particular, the British steel industry advocated for the pronunciation/ˈtʌni/ ("tunnie") during the 1970s and/tɒn/ (rhyming with "Don") is sometimes used for the same purpose.
tonne
- partitiveplural oftonn
tonne(colloquial)
- (of movement)Alternative form oftuonne(“there (when the speakerpoints at the place)”)
Me mentiintonne.- We wentthere.
Inherited fromOld French, fromVulgar Latintunna, tonna, itself from aCeltic word cognate toIrishtonn.
tonne f (pluraltonnes)
- tonne,metric ton
- ton
tonne
- inflection oftonner:
- first/third-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive
- second-personsingularimperative
Comparetonnelet (Englishtonlet).
tonne f (pluraltonnes)
- (historical) atonlet; a piece of medieval European armor of articulated lames or long flared metal skirt protecting the hips and thighs
1885, Brussels (Belgium). Musées royaux des arts décoratifs et industriels,Catalogue des armes et armures, page70:Pour combattre à pied, les gentilshommes employaient une armure spéciale qui, à cause de sa longue jupe de fer évasée et sans tassettes, s’appelaittonnelet, armure àtonne, armure pour combattre à pied;[…]
XVIe siècle. Une belle armure àtonne, ayant[…]- To fight on foot, gentlemen employed a special armour which, because of its long iron skirt, flared and withouttassets, is calledtonlet,tonne armour, armour for fighting on foot; […]
16th century. A beautifultonne armour, having […]
2008, Marie-Anne Michaux,Glossaire des termes militaires du seizième siècle: complément du Dictionnaire de la langue française du XVIe siècle d'Edmond Huguet, Honoré Champion,→ISBN:Ces harnois peuvent être àtonne ou tonnelet, c’est-à-dire avec une sorte de jupe de métal évasée protégeant le haut des jambes. Ils peuvent aussi être construits à la manière d’une « combinaison » : le bas du corps est recouvert […]- These harnesses could betonne or tonlet, that is to say, with a sort of metal flared skirt protecting the top of the legs. They could also be constructed in the manner of a "combination": the bottom of the body is covered […]
tonne f pl
- feminineplural oftunno
CompareCatawbanepe(ⁿ), nəpe(ⁿ), nepaⁿ,dəpe(ⁿ), dapa(ⁿ), dəpən, dube. Compare alsonoponne, which features in the word for "ten". Two Proto-Siouan roots for "one" can be reconstructed:Proto-Siouan-Catawban*nǫ(ːsa), rǫ(ːsa) (apparently whence this word) and *wįyą, each one found in one branch and almost entirely missing from the other. (*nǫ is importantly also found in Quapawhinǫxtį "once, one time", where-xtį is the morpheme denoting "_ times".)[1]
tonne
- one
- A Vocabulary of Woccon→ISBN, extracted fromA New Voyage to Carolina by John Lawson
- ^Robert Rankin,A Relic of Proto-Siouan *rǫ/nǫ "one" in Mississippi Valley Siouan
