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tom

See also: Tom, TOM, tóm, tõm, tǫ̂m, t.o.m., tom', and Appendix:Variations of "tom"

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /tɒm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /tɑm/
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  • Rhymes: -ɒm

Etymology 1Edit

From generic use of the proper name Tom.

NounEdit

tom (plural toms)

  1. The male of the domesticated cat.
  2. The male of the turkey.
  3. The male of the orangutan.
  4. The male of certain other animals.
  5. (Britain, slang) prostitutes
  6. (US, slang) A lesbian.
  7. (music) Clipping of tom-tom.
  8. (obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
  9. (Britain, regional, obsolete) A close-stool.
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
male turkey — see turkey-cock

Etymology 2Edit

Shortened from tomato

NounEdit

tom (plural toms)

  1. (Britain, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).
    Toms 90p a pound

Etymology 3Edit

Rhyming slang from tomfoolery.

NounEdit

tom (uncountable)

  1. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery

Etymology 4Edit

From Uncle Tom.

VerbEdit

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)

  1. (intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

Etymology 5Edit

VerbEdit

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)

  1. (nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.

AnagramsEdit

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tómr.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tom

  1. empty

ReferencesEdit

IrishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Irish tom (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tom m (genitive singular toim, nominative plural toim or tomacha)

  1. bush, shrub
    Synonym: tor
  2. clump, tuft, tussock
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tom

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tom toim
Vocative a thoim a thoma
Genitive toim tom
Dative tom toim

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tom na toim
Genitive an toim na dtom
Dative leis an tom

don tom

leis na toim

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

tom m (genitive singular toma, nominative plural tomanna)

  1. Alternative form of taom (“fit, paroxysm”)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tom

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tom tomanna
Vocative a thom a thomanna
Genitive toma tomanna
Dative tom tomanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an tom na tomanna
Genitive an toma na dtomanna
Dative leis an tom

don tom

leis na tomanna

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

tom (present analytic tomann, future analytic tomfaidh, verbal noun tomadh, past participle tomtha)

  1. Alternative form of tum (“dip, immerse”)
ConjugationEdit
First Conjugation (A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present tomaim tomann tú;
tomair†		 tomann sé, sí tomaimid tomann sibh tomann siad;
tomaid†		 a thomann; a thomas /
a dtomann*; a dtomas* 		tomtar
past thom mé; thomas thom tú; thomais thom sé, sí thomamar; thom muid thom sibh; thomabhair thom siad; thomadar a thom /
ar thom* 		tomadh
past habitual thomainn / dtomainn‡‡ thomtá / dtomtᇇ thomadh sé, sí / dtomadh sé, s퇇 thomaimis; thomadh muid / dtomaimis‡‡; dtomadh muid‡‡ thomadh sibh / dtomadh sibh‡‡ thomaidís; thomadh siad / dtomaidís‡‡; dtomadh siad‡‡ a thomadh /
a dtomadh* 		thomtaí / dtomta퇇
future tomfaidh mé;
tomfad 		tomfaidh tú;
tomfair†		 tomfaidh sé, sí tomfaimid;
tomfaidh muid 		tomfaidh sibh tomfaidh siad;
tomfaid†		 a thomfaidh; a thomfas /
a dtomfaidh*; a dtomfas* 		tomfar
conditional thomfainn / dtomfainn‡‡ thomfá / dtomfᇇ thomfadh sé, sí / dtomfadh sé, s퇇 thomfaimis; thomfadh muid / dtomfaimis‡‡; dtomfadh muid‡‡ thomfadh sibh / dtomfadh sibh‡‡ thomfaidís; thomfadh siad / dtomfaidís‡‡; dtomfadh siad‡‡ a thomfadh /
a dtomfadh* 		thomfaí / dtomfa퇇
subjunctive present go dtoma mé;
go dtomad†		 go dtoma tú;
go dtomair†		 go dtoma sé, sí go dtomaimid;
go dtoma muid 		go dtoma sibh go dtoma siad;
go dtomaid†		 — go dtomtar
past dá dtomainn dá dtomtá dá dtomadh sé, sí dá dtomaimis;
dá dtomadh muid 		dá dtomadh sibh dá dtomaidís;
dá dtomadh siad 		— dá dtomtaí
imperative tomaim tom tomadh sé, sí tomaimis tomaigí;
tomaidh†		 tomaidís — tomtar
verbal noun tomadh
past participle tomtha

* Indirect relative
† Archaic or dialect form
‡‡ Dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
tom thom dtom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Lower SorbianEdit

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

tom

  1. locative masculine singular of ten
  2. locative neuter singular of ten

Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tómr

AdjectiveEdit

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommere, indefinite superlative tommest, definite superlative tommeste)

  1. empty

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tómr

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommare, indefinite superlative tommast, definite superlative tommaste)

  1. empty

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

OksapminEdit

NounEdit

tom

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

Old EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”). Akin to Old Norse tómr (“empty”), whence Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

AdjectiveEdit

tōm

  1. empty
  2. (figuratively) free from

DescendantsEdit

  • Middle English: tome

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tom m inan

  1. volume (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format)

DeclensionEdit

declension of tom
singular plural
nominative tom tomy
genitive tomu tomów
dative tomowi tomom
accusative tom tomy
instrumental tomem tomami
locative tomie tomach
vocative tomie tomy

PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanish ton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from τείνω (teínō, “I stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tom m (plural tons)

  1. tone or pitch (property of sound determined by the frequency)
  2. (music) tone (interval of a major second)
  3. (music) key.

See alsoEdit

Scottish GaelicEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tom m (genitive singular tuim, plural toman or tomannan)

  1. round hillock or knoll, rising ground, swell, green eminence
  2. any round heap
  3. tuft of anything
  4. bush, thicket
  5. anthill
  6. (Islay) stool
  7. volume of a book
  8. bank
  9. grave
  10. (medicine, rare) the plague
  11. conical knoll

SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tọ̑m m inan

  1. tome

InflectionEdit

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing. tóm
gen. sing. tóma
singular dual plural
nominative tóm tóma tómi
accusative tóm tóma tóme
genitive tóma tómov tómov
dative tómu tómoma tómom
locative tómu tómih tómih
instrumental tómom tómoma tómi

See alsoEdit

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Norse tómr.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

tom

  1. empty
    tomma tunnor skramlar mest
    empty barrels make the most noise (those who complain most vigorously, are the least important)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of tom
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular tom tommare tommast
Neuter singular tomt tommare tommast
Plural tomma tommare tommast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 tomme tommare tommaste
All tomma tommare tommaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
AntonymsEdit
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Used in Swedish since 1697. From French tome, Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”). Cognate with English tome.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tom c

  1. a tome, a volume in a series of books, a (thick) book
DeclensionEdit
Declension of tom 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative tom tomen tomer tomerna
Genitive toms tomens tomers tomernas
Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit


WestrobothnianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Norse tómr (“empty,”) from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz, of unknown origin.

AdjectiveEdit

tom (neuter tomt)

  1. Empty.
  2. Bare.
  3. Hungry, stingy.

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

ZuniEdit

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