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ton

See also: Ton, TON, tón, tòn, tốn, tợn, -ton, and Appendix:Variations of "ton"

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Etymology 1Edit

Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /tʌn/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌn

NounEdit

ton (plural tons)

  1. A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
  2. A unit of volume; register ton.
  3. In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
  4. (colloquial, hyperbolic) A large amount.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
    I’ve got a ton of work to do.
    I've got tons of work to do.
  5. (slang) 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", 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.
  6. (Britain, slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
  7. (cricket) One hundred runs.
  8. (darts, snooker, etc.) One hundred points scored.
SynonymsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • → Tokelauan: tone, tane
Derived termsEdit
Derived terms
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ton (uncountable)

  1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
  2. Fashionable society; those in style.
    • 1790, Amelia Opie, Dangers of Coquetry, vol. I, ch. 13:
      [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 868008434, canto XIII(please specify the stanza number):
      The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.
Related termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

ton (plural tons)

  1. The common tunny, or horse mackerel.

AnagramsEdit

Antillean CreoleEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French thon.

NounEdit

ton

  1. tuna

CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Occitan ton, from Vulgar Latin *tum, reduced form of Latin tuus, 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.

DeterminerEdit

ton m (feminine ta, masculine plural tos, feminine plural tes)

  1. your (singular)

Usage notesEdit

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 alsoEdit

ChuukeseEdit

NounEdit

ton

  1. torch

Crimean TatarEdit

NounEdit

ton

  1. fur coat

Derived termsEdit

DanishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From English ton, variant of tun (“cask”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ton c or n (singular definite tonnet or tonnen, plural indefinite ton or tons, abbreviation t)

  1. ton (unit of weight)

See alsoEdit

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle Dutch tonne.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ton f (plural tonnen, diminutive tonnetje n)

  1. barrel
  2. ton (1000 kilograms)
  3. 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
  4. A large amount.
    Hij leende tonnen met geld. - He borrowed large amounts of money.

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

FinnishEdit

PronounEdit

ton

  1. (colloquial) Genitive singular form of toi.
  2. (colloquial) Accusative singular form of toi.

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Old French ton, tos, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Indo-European *towos.

DeterminerEdit

ton m

  1. (possessive) Your, thy (used to qualify masculine nouns and before vowel).
    Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre?
    Did you think to take your book?
    Ton écriture est jolie.
    Your writing is nice.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Possessee
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 2Edit

Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of tonus, a later borrowing.

NounEdit

ton m (plural tons)

  1. Tone (sound of a particular frequency).
  2. (music) Tone (interval).
    Il y a un ton entre do et ré
    Doh and ray are separated by one tone.
  3. Tone (manner of speaking).
    Je n'aime pas le ton sur lequel tu me parles!
    I don’t like your tone! (I don’t like the way you are talking to me!)
  4. Tone, shade (of colour).
    Différents tons de rouge.
    Several shades of red.
Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

Further readingEdit

FriulianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). Compare Italian tuono, Romansch tun, tung, Dalmatian tun, Romanian tun.

NounEdit

ton m (plural tons)

  1. thunder
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Italian tonno.

NounEdit

ton m (plural tons)

  1. tuna

Etymology 3Edit

Ultimately borrowed from Latin tonus. Compare French ton, Italian tono.

NounEdit

ton m (plural tons)

  1. tone

FulaEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

AdverbEdit

ton

  1. there, over there

HausaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English ton.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tôn m

  1. ton (unit of weight)

IndonesianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɔn]
  • Hyphenation: ton

Etymology 1Edit

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”).

NounEdit

ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)

  1. ton:
    1. tonne, metric ton: a unit of weight (mass) equal to 1000 kilograms.
    2. register ton, a unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m3.
    3. long ton, weight ton: the avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds (1,016.0469 kg).
    4. displacement ton
  2. (colloquial) A thousand rupiah.
Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch toon, from Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

NounEdit

ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)

  1. alternative form of tona (“tone”)

Further readingEdit

IrishEdit

EtymologyEdit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

NounEdit

ton m (genitive singular toin, nominative plural toin)

  1. (biology, literature, music) tone

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ton

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ton toin
Vocative a thoin a thona
Genitive toin ton
Dative ton toin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ton na toin
Genitive an toin na dton
Dative leis an ton

don ton

leis na toin

Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ton thon dton
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ton

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とん

Middle EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old English tān; equivalent to to +‎ -en (plural suffix).

NounEdit

ton

  1. plural of to (“toe”)

Old FrenchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • toun (Anglo-Norman)
  • tun (Anglo-Norman)

EtymologyEdit

From Latin tuus, tuum.

PronunciationEdit

DeterminerEdit

ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive)

DescendantsEdit

Old JavaneseEdit

VerbEdit

ton

  1. to see; to look

Old OccitanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin thunnus.

NounEdit

ton m (oblique plural tons, nominative singular tons, nominative plural ton)

  1. tuna (fish)

ReferencesEdit

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ton m inan

  1. (linguistics, music) tone

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ton
singular plural
nominative ton tony
genitive tonu tonów
dative tonowi tonom
accusative ton tony
instrumental tonem tonami
locative tonie tonach
vocative tonie tony

RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from French thon.

NounEdit

ton m (plural toni)

  1. tuna
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ton
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ton tonul (niște) toni tonii
genitive/dative (unui) ton tonului (unor) toni tonilor
vocative tonule tonilor

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from French ton, from Latin tonus. Doublet of tun.

NounEdit

ton n (plural tonuri)

  1. tone
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ton
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ton tonul (niște) tonuri tonurile
genitive/dative (unui) ton tonului (unor) tonuri tonurilor
vocative tonule tonurilor
Related termsEdit

Serbo-CroatianEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tȏn m (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

  1. tone

DeclensionEdit

Declension of ton
singular plural
nominative tȏn tónovi
genitive tona tonova
dative tonu tonovima
accusative ton tonove
vocative tone tonovi
locative tonu tonovima
instrumental tonom tonovima

Skolt SamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

PronounEdit

ton

  1. you (singular)

InflectionEdit

Declension of ton
singular dual plural
nominative ton tuäna tij
genitive tuu tuännai tij
accusative tuu tuännaid tiʹjjid
illative tuʹnne tuännaid tiʹjjid
locative tuʹst tuännast tiiʹst
comitative tuin tuännain tiʹjjivuiʹm
abessive tuutää tuännaitää tiʹjjitää
essive tuuʹnen tuännan -
partitive tuuʹđed - -

Further readingEdit

  • 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

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

ton m (uncountable)

  1. acopocic of tono

SwedishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ton n

  1. tonne
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ton 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ton tonnet ton tonnen
Genitive tons tonnets tons tonnens
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ton c

  1. tone (sound of a particular frequency)
  2. (music) tone (interval)
  3. tone (behaviour)
    att hålla god ton ― to talk politely (e.g. in a debate)
  4. tone, shade (of colour)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ton 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ton tonen toner tonerna
Genitive tons tonens toners tonernas
Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AnagramsEdit

Ter SamiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

PronounEdit

ton

  1. you (singular)

Further readingEdit

  • 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

TernateEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ton

  1. Alternative form of toni (“flying fish”)

ReferencesEdit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

TurkishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From French ton.

NounEdit

ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

  1. tone (all senses)

Etymology 2Edit

From French tonne.

NounEdit

ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

  1. tonne, metric ton

VolapükEdit

NounEdit

ton (nominative plural tons)

  1. sound

DeclensionEdit

declension of ton
singular plural
nominative ton tons
genitive tona tonas
dative tone tones
accusative toni tonis
vocative 1 o ton! o tons!
predicative 2 tonu tonus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Brythonic *tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tundā.

NounEdit

ton f (plural tonnau)

  1. wave, billow
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface”), from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *tend- ~ *temh₁- (“to cut”).

NounEdit

ton m (plural tonnau)

  1. ley, unploughed land
Derived termsEdit

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
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.

ZuniEdit

PronounEdit

ton

  1. Second person dual subject (medial position)
    you two
  2. Second person plural subject (medial position)
    you (three or more)

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Zuni personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person (medial) ho' hon hon
1st person (final) hoo'o ho'no ho'no
2nd person (medial) to' ton ton
2nd person (final) too'o to'no to'no
3rd person (medial) — 'aachi —
3rd person (final) — 'aachi —
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