See also: tőnél

Galician

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tonel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French tonel, diminutive of tone (large barrel), from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic *tunna (hide, skin). Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese tonel and Catalan tona.

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Noun

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tonel m (plural toneis)

  1. cask; tun
    Synonyms: barril, bocoi, pipa
    • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza, editor, Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos, Santiago: Concello da Cultura Galega, page 181:
      Jtem diso que oýo diser que leuara hũu tonel da dita grãja de Saar porla cõgostra ao sopee Vasco de Vialo e que nõ sabe se era tonel ou pipa
      Item, he said that he heard say that Vasco of Bealo took away a tun from that farm of Sar, by the sunken lane there near, but that he did not know whether it was a tun or a pipe
  2. (dated) tun (unit of liquid volume)

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Old French

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Noun

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tonel oblique singularm (oblique plural toneaus or toneax or toniaus or toniax or tonels, nominative singular toneaus or toneax or toniaus or toniax or tonels, nominative plural tonel)

  1. barrel (large usually wooden container)
    • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci coumence li diz de l'erberie:
      se vos n'aveiz vermeil, preneiz de la bele yaue clere: car teiz a un puis devant son huix qui n'a pas .I. tonel de vin en son celier.
      If you don't have red [wine], take some beautiful clear water: For any person that doesn't have a barrel of wine in their cellar has a well in front of their door.

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  • Middle French: tonnel

Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese tonel, from Old French tonel, from tone + -el (-elle: forming diminutives), from Late Latin tunna (tun), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (hide, skin). Doublet of tonelada. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonel and Catalan tona.

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɛl, (Brazil) -ɛw
  • Hyphenation: to‧nel

Noun

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tonel m (plural tonéis)

  1. tun, a large wooden barrel, a vat, a cask
  2. (historical, measure) tun, a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 0.8–1 m³ depending on the part of Portugal

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  • (unit of liquid volume): almude (150 tonel), pipa (12 tonel)

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Old French tonel (barrel), diminutive of tone (large barrel), from Late Latin tunna, from Proto-Celtic *tunna (hide, skin). Cognate with Galician and Portuguese tonel and Catalan tona.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /toˈnel/ [t̪oˈnel]
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: to‧nel

Noun

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tonel m (plural toneles)

  1. barrel
    Synonym: barril
    • 1914, Miguel de Unamuno, Niebla 32:
      Al contrario, con lastre se tiene uno mejor en pie. Es que no existo. Mira, ahora poco, al cenar me parecía como si todo eso me fuese cayendo desde la boca en un tonel sin fondo.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. barrel roll

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