tome

See also tomé, and Tomé

English

Etymology

From French, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tomos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (temnō, “I cut, separate”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) enPR: tōm, IPA: /təʊm/, X-SAMPA: /t@Um/
• Rhymes: -əʊm
• (GenAm) enPR: tōm, IPA: /toʊm/, X-SAMPA: /toUm/
• Rhymes: -oʊm

Noun

tome (plural tomes)

1. One in a series of volumes.
2. A large or scholarly book.

   The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.

Translations

one in a series of volumes

• Armenian: հատոր (hy) (hator)
• Catalan: tom (ca) m
• Finnish: nidos (fi), osa (fi)
• French: tome (fr) m
• Georgian: ტომი (ka) (tomi)
• German: Band (de) m

• Greek: τόμος (el) (tómos) m
• Icelandic: bindi (is) n
• Polish: tom (pl) m, wolumin (pl) m
• Russian: том (ru) (tom) m
• Slovene: tom (sl) m, zvezek (sl) m
• Spanish: tomo (es) m

large or scholarly book

• Finnish: opus (fi)
• German: Wälzer (de) m

• Greek: τόμος (el) (tómos) m
• Irish: mórleabhar (ga) m

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• Icelandic: doðrantur m

Anagrams

• mote

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tom/

Noun

tome m (plural tomes)

1. tome, volume

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Galician

Verb

tome

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of tomar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of tomar

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Latin

Noun

tome m

1. vocative singular of tomus

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Portuguese

Verb

tome

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tomar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of tomar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tomar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tomar

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Spanish

Verb

tome (infinitive tomar)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tomar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tomar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tomar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of tomar.