ton
Translingual edit
Symbol edit
ton
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton (plural tons)
- Any of various units of mass, (historical) originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly
- The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
- The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
- The metric ton of 1000 kilograms, 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
- Synonyms: tonne, metric ton, megagram
- Any of various units of volume, (historical) originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly
- The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
- The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
- (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
- I’ve got a ton of work to do.
- I've got tons of work to do.
- (HVAC) A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.
- (slang, chiefly UK) Synonym of hundred, particularly
- 100 pounds sterling.
- (darts, snooker, etc.) 100 points.
- (cricket) 100 runs.
- A speed of 100 mph.
- 1970, Mungo Jerry (lyrics and music), “In The Summertime”, in In The Summertime:
- Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five
- 2008, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, “Caravan Club”, in The 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 a ton.
Neil: Bollocks!
- 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 50:
- 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 the ton.
Synonyms edit
- (traditional unit of mass equivalent to a tun): tonelada (Spanish and Portuguese contexts)
- (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount): See Thesaurus:lot
- (slang for 100 points in darts &c.): tonne
- (slang for 100 cricket runs): century
Derived terms edit
- assay ton
- available ton mile
- butt-ton
- by the ton
- deadweight ton
- displacement ton
- foot-ton
- freight ton
- fuckton
- gross register ton
- hit like a ton of bricks
- hoppus ton
- like a ton of bricks
- long ton
- measurement ton
- metric ton
- net register ton
- Prussian ton
- register ton
- shipping ton
- shitton
- short ton
- thanks a ton
- ton mile
- ton mileage
- ton of refrigeration
- ton-up
Descendants edit
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Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton (uncountable)
- Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
- 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 191:
- A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress.
- 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
- If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.
- Fashionable society; those in style.
- 1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 13, in Dangers 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 the ton […] .
- 1823 December 17, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XIII, (please specify the stanza number):
- The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 30, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →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 of ton—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.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
ton (plural tons)
- Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.
See also edit
- pros ton kairon (etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams edit
Antillean Creole edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ton
Catalan edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Catalan ton, from Vulgar Latin *tum, reduced form of Latin tuum, from Proto-Italic *towos. Compare Occitan and French ton.
In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin tuum, tuam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became ton, ta etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became teu, tua > teua etc.
Pronunciation edit
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /tun/ (always unstressed)
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ton/ (always unstressed)
Determiner edit
ton m (feminine ta, masculine plural tos, feminine plural tes)
- your (singular)
Usage notes edit
- The use of ton 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, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.
The standard masculine plural form is tos, but tons can be found in some dialects.
See also edit
References edit
- “ton” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ton
- inflection of tondre:
Chuukese edit
Noun edit
ton
Crimean Tatar edit
Noun edit
ton (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
Derived terms edit
Danish edit
Etymology edit
From English ton, variant of tun (“cask”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton c or n (singular definite tonnet or tonnen, plural indefinite ton or tons, abbreviation t)
- ton (unit of weight)
See also edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton f (plural tonnen, diminutive tonnetje n)
- barrel
- ton (1000 kilograms)
- 100,000 of some monetary unit, particularly guilders
- Dat zou zeker een ton kosten.
- Dat zou zeker een ton euro kosten.
- 140.000 euro is bijna drie ton gulden
- A large amount.
- Hij leende tonnen met geld. - He borrowed large amounts of money.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Finnish edit
Pronoun edit
ton
- (colloquial) genitive singular of toi
- (colloquial) accusative singular of toi
Anagrams edit
French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /tɔ̃/, (before a vowel) /tɔ̃.n‿/, /tɔ.n‿/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /tõ/, (before a vowel) /tõ.n‿/, /tɔ.n‿/
audio (file) - Homophone: thon
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old French ton, tos, from Latin tuus.
Determiner edit
ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)
- (possessive) your
- Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre ?
- Did you remember to bring your book?
- Ton écriture est jolie.
- Your writing is pretty.
- J’aime beaucoup ton manteau.
- I really like your coat.
Usage notes edit
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.
Derived terms edit
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Possessee | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | |||||
Masculine | Feminine | |||||
Possessor | Singular | First person | mon1 | ma | mes | |
Second person | ton1 | ta | tes | |||
Third person | son1 | sa | ses | |||
Plural | First person | notre | nos | |||
Second person | votre2 | vos2 | ||||
Third person | leur | leurs |
- 1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
- 2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of tonus, a later borrowing.
Noun edit
ton m (plural tons)
- tone (sound of a particular frequency)
- (music) tone (interval)
- tone (manner of speaking)
- tone, shade (of colour)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: ton
Further reading edit
- “ton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Friulian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). Compare Italian tuono, Romansch tun, tung, Dalmatian tun, Romanian tun.
Noun edit
ton m (plural tons)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Italian tonno.
Noun edit
ton m (plural tons)
Etymology 3 edit
Ultimately borrowed from Latin tonus. Compare French ton, Italian tono.
Noun edit
ton m (plural tons)
Fula edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Pulaar) to
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Adverb edit
ton
- (Pular) there, over there
- Hammadi Sammba ko leydi Funnaange iwi. Wolarɓe Labe ɓen kadi ko ton iwi.
- Hammadi Samba came from a region situated in the East. The Wolarɓe of Labe also came from over there.
Usage notes edit
- Used anaphorically
References edit
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
Haitian Creole edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton
Hausa edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tôn m
- ton (unit of weight)
Indonesian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Dutch ton, from Middle Dutch tonne, from Old French [Term?], from Latin tunna, tonna, itself from a Celtic word cognate to Irish tonn (“skin”).
Noun edit
ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)
- ton:
- tonne, metric ton: a unit of weight (mass) equal to 1000 kilograms.
- register 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) A thousand rupiah.
Alternative forms edit
- tan (Standard Malay)
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch toon, from Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.
Noun edit
ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)
- alternative form of tona (“tone”)
Further reading edit
- “ton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
ton m (genitive singular toin, nominative plural toin)
- (biology, literature, music) tone
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
- aontonach (“monotonous; monotonic”, adj)
- aontonacht f (“monotonicity”)
- aonton m (“monotone”)
- hipeartonach (“hypertonic”, adj)
- hipeartonacht f (“hypertonicity”)
- iltonach (“polytonal”, adj)
- tonúil (“tonal”, adj)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
ton | thon | dton |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Jamaican Creole edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
ton
- to turn
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 23:28:
- Jiizas ton roun an se tu dem […]
- Jesus turning unto them said […]
Further reading edit
- ton at majstro.com
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
ton
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Old English tān; equivalent to to + -en (plural suffix).
Noun edit
ton
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tuus, tuum.
Pronunciation edit
Determiner edit
ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)
- your (second-person singular possessive)
Descendants edit
- French: ton
Old Javanese edit
Etymology edit
Unknown. Cognate of Indonesian tonton.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ton
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- ⇒ Javanese: ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (tonton)
Further reading edit
- "ton" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
ton m (oblique plural tons, nominative singular tons, nominative plural ton)
- tuna (fish)
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “thynnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 13: T–Ti, page 318
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tónos, from *ten-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton m inan
- (linguistics, music) tone
- Synonyms: barwa, brzmienie, zabarwienie
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
Romanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ton m (plural toni)
Declension edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French ton, from Latin tonus. Doublet of tun.
Noun edit
ton n (plural tonuri)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tȏn m (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)
Declension edit
Skolt Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *tonë.
Pronoun edit
ton
- you (singular)
Inflection edit
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton m (uncountable)
- Clipping of tono.
Further reading edit
- “ton”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton n
Declension edit
Declension of ton | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ton | tonnet | ton | tonnen |
Genitive | tons | tonnets | tons | tonnens |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton c
- tone (sound of a particular frequency)
- (music) tone (interval)
- tone (behaviour)
- att hålla god ton ― to talk politely (e.g. in a debate)
- tone, shade (of colour)
Declension edit
Declension of ton | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | ton | tonen | toner | tonerna |
Genitive | tons | tonens | toners | tonernas |
Related terms edit
- grundton
- halvton
- tona
- tonal
- tonalitet
- tonarm
- tonart
- tonband
- tonbildning
- tondikt
- tondöv
- tonem
- toner
- tonfall
- tonföljd
- tongenerator
- tongivande
- tongång
- tonhuvud
- tonhöjd
- tonika
- toning
- tonkonst
- tonkonstnär
- tonkontroll
- tonlig
- tonläge
- tonlös
- tonlöshet
- tonmålning
- tonomfång
- tonskala
- tonspråk
- tonsteg
- tonstycke
- tonstyrka
- tonstöt
- tonsäker
- tonsäkerhet
- tonsätta
- tonsättare
- tonsättarinna
- tonsättning
- tonträff
- tonträffning
- tonvalstelefon
- tonvikt
References edit
- ton in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- ton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Ter Sami edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Samic *tonë.
Pronoun edit
ton
- you (singular)
Further reading edit
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Ternate edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ton
- Alternative form of toni (“flying fish”)
References edit
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)
- tone (all senses)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)
- tuna
- Synonym: ton balığı
Volapük edit
Noun edit
ton (nominative plural tons)
Declension edit
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Brythonic *tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tundā.
Noun edit
ton f (plural tonnau)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface”), from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *tend- ~ *temh₁- (“to cut”).
Noun edit
ton m (plural tonnau)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
ton | don | nhon | thon |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Zuni edit
Pronoun edit
ton
- Second person dual subject (medial position)
- you two
- Second person plural subject (medial position)
- you (three or more)