ton
( international standards ) ISO 639-2 &ISO 639-3 language code forTongan . This solid concrete block weighs one metric ton. This Smart car weighs roughly one short ton.Variant oftun ( “ cask ” ) , influenced byOld French tonne ( “ ton ” ) .
ton (plural tons )
Any ofvarious units ofmass , originally notionallyequal to thecontents of atun , particularly: Theshort ton of 2000pounds (about 907kg ), 20hundredweights of 100pounds avoirdupois each. Thelong ton of 2240pounds (about 1016kg ), 20hundredweights of 112pounds avoirdupois each. Themetric ton of 1000kilograms , 10quintals of 100kilograms each.Synonyms: tonne ,metric ton ,megagram Any ofvarious units ofvolume , originally notionallyequal to thecontents of atun , particularly:Themeasurement ton of( US ) 40 or( UK ) 42cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2m³ ). Theregister ton of 100cubic feet (about 2.83m³ ). ( figuratively ) Anylarge ,excessive , oroverwhelming amount ofanything .Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot I’ve got aton of work to do.
I've gottons of work to do.
( HVAC ) Aunit ofthermal power equal to 12,000BTU /h (about 3.5kW ), approximating theidealized rate ofcooling provided byuniform isothermal melting of 1short ton ofice perday at 0°C .( colloquial , chiefly UK ) Synonym ofhundred , particularly100pounds sterling . ( darts , snooker , etc.) 100points .Synonym: tonne ( cricket ) 100runs .Synonym: century Aspeed of 100mph .1970 , Mungo Jerry, “In The Summertime”, inIn The Summertime :Speed along the lane / Do aton or aton and twenty-five
2008 ,Damon Beesley ,Iain Morris , “Caravan Club”, inThe Inbetweeners , Series 1, Episode 5,E4 :Neil : How fast can this thing go then, do you reckon?Simon : Well, it's the special edition, so I reckon it could probably top aton .Neil : Bollocks!
2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, inRAIL , number941 , page50 :The HSDT team, however, had some work to do, although by the end of 1972 the power car interior had been adjusted and BR had agreed to 'double-manning' with extra pay when speeds topped theton .
various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun
Albanian:ton (sq) m ,tonelatë (sq) f Arabic:طُن m ( ṭun ) (( plural: ) أَطْنَان m pl ( ʔaṭnān ) ) Armenian:տոննա (hy) ( tonna ) Azerbaijani:ton (az) Belarusian:то́на f ( tóna ) Bengali:টন (bn) ( ṭon ) Bulgarian:тон (bg) m ( ton ) Burmese:တန် (my) ( tan ) Chinese:Mandarin:噸 / 吨 (zh) ( dūn, dùn ) ,公噸 / 公吨 (zh) ( gōngdūn, gōngdùn ) Czech:tuna (cs) f Danish:ton (da) n or c Dutch:ton (nl) m or f Esperanto:tuno Estonian:tonn (et) Faroese:tons n Finnish:tonni (fi) French:tonne (fr) f Georgian:ტონა ( ṭona ) German:Tonne (de) f Greek:τόνος (el) m ( tónos ) Hebrew:טוֹן (he) m ( ton ) ,טוֹנָה (he) f ( tóna ) Hindi:टन (hi) m ( ṭan ) Hungarian:tonna (hu) Icelandic:tonn (is) n Ido:tuno (io) Indonesian:ton (id) Italian:tonnellata (it) f Japanese:トン (ja) ( ton ) Kazakh:тонна ( tonna ) Khmer:តោន (km) ( taon ) ,តូន (km) ( toun ) Korean:톤 (ko) ( ton ) Kyrgyz:тонна (ky) ( tonna ) Lao:ຕັນ ( tan ) ,ໂຕນ ( tōn ) Latvian:tonna f Lithuanian:tona (lt) f Lü:ᦎᧃ ( ṫan ) ,ᦎᦷᧃ ( ṫon ) Macedonian:тон m ( ton ) Malay:tan (ms) Mongolian:Cyrillic:тонн (mn) ( tonn ) Mongolian:ᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ ( ton ) Norman:tonné f Northern Thai:ᨲᩢ᩠ᨶ ,ᨲᩰᩫ᩠ᨶ Norwegian:Bokmål:tonn n Pashto:ټن m ( ṭan ) Persian:Dari:تَن ( tan ) Iranian Persian:تُن ( ton ) Polish:tona (pl) f Portuguese:tonelada (pt) f Romanian:tonă (ro) f Russian:то́нна (ru) f ( tónna ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:то̏на f Roman:tȍna (sh) f Sinhalese:ටොන් ( ṭon ) Slovak:tona f Slovene:ton (sl) m Spanish:tonelada (es) f Swahili:tani classn Swedish:ton (sv) n Tagalog:tonelada Tajik:тонна ( tonna ) Tatar:тонн ( tonn ) ,тонна ( tonna ) Thai:ตัน (th) ( dtan ) ,โตน ( dtoon ) Turkish:ton (tr) Turkmen:tonna Ukrainian:то́нна (uk) f ( tónna ) Urdu:ٹَن (ur) m ( ṭan ) Uyghur:توننا ( tonna ) Uzbek:tonna (uz) Vietnamese:tấn (vi) Yiddish:טאַן ( tan ) Yoruba:tọ́ọ̀nù
any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount
Finnish:läjäpäin French:tonne (fr) f ,flopée (fr) f Hungarian:rengeteg (hu) ,(egy )rakás ,(egy )halom ,egy csomó Russian:куча (ru) f ( kuča ) Spanish:a base de bien ,a cholón (es) ,a cascoporro (es) ,a porrillo ,a espuertas ,a mansalva (es) ,a punta de pala ,a patadas Swedish:ton (sv) ,tonvis (sv) Tagalog:tone-tonelada
Borrowed fromFrench ton ( “ manner ” ) , fromLatin tonus .Doublet oftone ,tune , and tonus .
ton (uncountable )
Fashion , the current style, thevogue .Fashionable society; those in style.1790 ,Amelia Opie , chapter 13, inDangers of Coquetry , volume I:[S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of theton [ …] .
1848 November –1850 December,William Makepeace Thackeray , chapter 30, inThe History of Pendennis. [ … ] , volume I, London:Bradbury and Evans , [ … ] , published1849 ,→OCLC :Pen was somewhat older than many of his fellow-students, and there was that about his style and appearance, which, as we have said, was rather haughty and impertinent, that stamped him as a man ofton —very unlike those pale students who were talking law to one another, and those ferocious dandies, in rowing shirts and astonishing pins and waistcoats, who represented the idle part of the little community.
ton (plural tons )
Synonym oftunny ,particularly thecommon tunny orhorse mackerel .Not. ,Ont ,not. ,NTO ,TNO ,Not ,NOT ,not ,Ont. ,ONT ,on't FromFrench thon .
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tuna Inherited fromOld Catalan ton , fromVulgar Latin *tum , reduced form ofLatin tuum , fromProto-Italic *towos . CompareOccitan andFrench ton .
In unstressed position in Vulgar Latintuum, tuam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly becameton, ta etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and becameteu ,tua >teua etc.
ton m (feminine ta ,masculine plural tos ,feminine plural tes )
your (singular)The use ofton and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g.el meu ) mostly being used in their stead. However,mon ,ton , andson are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such asamic ,casa , andvida . Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale. The standard masculine plural form istos , buttons can be found in some dialects.
“ton” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear , Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.ton
inflection oftondre : third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative ton
torch ton (accusative [please provide] ,plural [please provide] )
fur coat FromEnglish ton , variant oftun ( “ cask ” ) .
ton c or n (singular definite tonnet or tonnen ,plural indefinite ton or tons ,abbreviation t )
tonne ,metric ton ( unit of weight, equivalent to 1000 kilograms ) FromMiddle Dutch tonne ,Old Dutch tunna , fromMedieval Latin tunna .[ 1]
ton f (plural tonnen ,diminutive tonnetje n )
barrel ton ( 1000 kilograms ) 100,000 of some monetary unit, particularly guildersDat zou zeker een ton kosten. Dat zou zeker een ton euro kosten. 140.000 euro is bijna drie ton gulden a large amountHij leende tonnen met geld. - He borrowed large amounts of money. ton
( colloquial ) genitive singular oftoi ( colloquial ) accusative singular oftoi Inherited fromVulgar Latin *tum .Doublet oftin ( possessive pronoun ) .
ton (feminine ta ,masculine plural tos or tes ,feminine plural tes )( ORB, broad )
your ( second-personal singular possessor ) ton in DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca ton in Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu Inherited fromOld French ton ,tos , fromLatin tuus .
ton m (feminine ta ,plural tes )
( possessive ) your Tu as pensé à prendreton livre ? Did you remember to bringyour book? Ton écriture est jolie.Your writing is pretty.J'aime beaucoupton manteau. I really likeyour coat. Ton is used before all singular nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute H, even those that are feminine. However,ta is used with singular feminine nouns beginning with an aspirated H.
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or
muteh .
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms
man ,tan ,san . These are extremely rare.
Borrowed fromLatin tonus .Doublet oftonus , a later borrowing.
ton m (plural tons )
tone ( sound of a particular frequency ) ( music ) tone ( interval ) tone ( manner of speaking ) tone ,shade ( of colour ) FromLatin tonus , fromAncient Greek τόνος ( tónos ) . CompareItalian tuono ,Romansch tun ,tung ,Dalmatian tun ,Romanian tun .
ton m (plural tons )
thunder FromLatin thunnus , fromAncient Greek θύννος ( thúnnos ) . CompareItalian tonno .
ton m (plural tons )
tuna Ultimately borrowed fromLatin tonus . CompareFrench ton ,Italian tono .
ton m (plural tons )
tone (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .) .
ton
( Pular ) there , over thereHammadi Sammba ko leydi Funnaange iwi. Wolarɓe Labe ɓen kadi koton iwi. Hammadi Samba came from a region situated in the East. The Wolarɓe of Labe also came fromover there . FromFrench thon .
ton
tuna Borrowed fromEnglish ton .
tôn m
ton ( unit of weight ) FromDutch ton , fromMiddle Dutch tonne , fromOld French [Term?] , fromLatin tunna ,tonna , itself from aCeltic word cognate toIrish tonn ( “ skin ” ) .
ton (plural ton -ton )
ton :tonne ,metric ton : a unit of weight (mass) equal to 1000 kilogramsregister ton , a unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m3 long ton ,weight ton : the avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds (1,016.0469 kg)displacement ton ( colloquial ) athousand rupiah FromDutch toon , fromMiddle Dutch toon , ultimately fromLatin tonus .
ton (plural ton -ton )
alternative form oftona ( “ tone ” ) (Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium .)
ton m (genitive singular toin ,nominative plural toin )
( biology , literature , music ) tone Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Derived fromEnglish turn .
ton
toturn ton
Rōmaji transcription ofとん FromOld English tān ; equivalent toto +-en ( plural suffix ) .
ton
plural ofto ( “ toe ” ) tōn
inflection oftōh : weak accusative masculine / feminine singular weak genitive / dative / instrumental masculine / feminine / neuter singular weak nominative / accusative masculine / feminine / neuter plural toun ( Anglo-Norman ) tun ( Anglo-Norman ) FromLatin tuus, tuum .
ton m (feminine ta ,plural tes )
your (second-person singular possessive)Unknown. Cognate ofIndonesian tonton .
ton
tosee tolook "ton" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary . 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. FromLatin thunnus .
ton m (oblique plural tons ,nominative singular tons ,nominative plural ton )
tuna (fish)IPA (key ) : /ˈtɔn/ Rhymes:-ɔn Syllabification:ton Learned borrowing fromLatin tonus , fromAncient Greek τόνος ( tónos ) , fromProto-Hellenic *tónos , fromProto-Indo-European *tónos , from*ten- .
ton m inan (related adjective tonowy )
( linguistics , music ) tone Synonyms: barwa ,brzmienie ,zabarwienie Borrowed fromGerman Ton .
ton m inan (related adjective tonowy )
white clay used forpainting walls (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) Hypernym: glina 1948 ,Tadeusz Borowski , “Pożegnanie z Marią”, inPożegnanie z Marią: Opowiadania [2] , Warszawa: Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Wiedza", page21 :[...] firma budowlana zaś sprzedawała, tak chłopom jak inżynierom, mokryton , skamieniały cement, mieszała wapno z wodą, a lepik z piaskiem,[...] ... whereas the construction company sold, to farmers as well as to engineers, wetclay and hardened cement, mixed lime with water and cement with sand... ton inWielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PANton in Polish dictionaries at PWNBorrowed fromFrench thon .
ton m (plural toni )
tuna Borrowed fromFrench ton , fromLatin tonus . Doublet oftun .
ton n (plural tonuri )
tone tȏn m inan (Cyrillic spelling то̑н )
tone “ton ”, inHrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal ] (in Serbo-Croatian),2006–2025 FromProto-Samic *tonë .
ton
you ( singular ) Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages [3] , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland IPA (key ) : /ˈton/ [ˈt̪õn] Rhymes:-on Syllabification:ton ton m (uncountable )
clipping oftono Borrowed fromEnglish ton . First attested in 1795.
ton n
tonne ,metric ton (one thousand kilograms)En bil väger ofta mellan ett och tvåton A car often weighs between one and twotonnes [1000–2000 kilograms] FromLatin tonus .
ton c
atone (sound of a particular frequency) ( music ) tone (interval)tone (manner of speaking (or communicating more generally))Han sa det med en argton He said it with an angrytone att hålla godton to avoid personal attacks and the like (literally, “to keep goodtone [idiomatic] ”) tone ,shade ( of color ) FromProto-Samic *tonë .
ton
you (singular)Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008 ),Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages [4] , Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland ton
alternative form oftoni ( “ flying fish ” ) Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 ),A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh Borrowed fromFrench ton .
ton (definite accusative tonu ,plural tonlar )
tone (all senses)Borrowed fromFrench tonne .
ton (definite accusative tonu ,plural tonlar )
tonne ,metric ton Borrowed fromFrench thon .
ton (definite accusative tonu ,plural tonlar )
tuna Synonym: ton balığı ton (nominative plural tons )
sound 1 status as a case is disputed2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
FromMiddle Welsh tonn , fromProto-Brythonic *tonn , fromProto-Celtic *tundā .
ton f (plural tonnau )
wave ,billow Middle Welsh tonn , fromProto-Celtic *tondā ( “ surface ” ) , from the o-grade ofProto-Indo-European *tend- ~*temh₁- ( “ to cut ” ) .
ton m (plural tonnau )
lea ,unploughed land,turf skin ,rind ,crust Synonyms: croen ,crofen ,crystyn ,pil Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ton ”, inGweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary , Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ton ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies ton
Second person dual subject ( medial position ) you twoSecond person plural subject ( medial position ) you (three or more)