tome
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tōm, IPA(key): /təʊm/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) enPR: tōm, IPA(key): /toʊm/
- Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun edit
tome (plural tomes)
- One in a series of volumes.
- A large or scholarly book.
- Synonym: (humorous) doorstop
- The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
- 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club[1]:
- And Sam presents Tyrion with A Song Of Ice And Fire, a tome in which Tyrion’s own role, far from that of the clever hero or Machiavellian snake, doesn’t even exist.
- 2023 April 20, Casey Schwartz, “Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again”, in The Washington Post[2]:
- One senses, picking up Twenge’s tome — 515 pages before you get to the appendix — an attempt to quell past criticisms. “I see this book as my magnum opus,” she said.
Translations edit
one in a series of volumes
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large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
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Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
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tome
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tome m (plural tomes)
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Franco-Provençal tôma, of obscure origin.
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tome f (plural tomes)
- a variety of mountain cheese
Further reading edit
- “tome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
References edit
- Oxford University Press (2016): The Oxford Companion to Cheese
Galician edit
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tome
- inflection of tomar:
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tome
Latin edit
Noun edit
tome m
References edit
- “tome”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tome in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old English tōm and Old Norse tómr, both from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, clear, empty”).
Adjective edit
tome
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “tọ̄m(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse tom (“leisure, ease”). Compare Icelandic tóm (“empty space; leisure”).
Noun edit
tome (uncountable)
Alternative forms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “tọ̄m(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3 edit
Adjective edit
tome
- (Southwest, southern West Midlands) Alternative form of tame (“tame”)
Nias edit
Noun edit
tome (mutated form dome)
References edit
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 219.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
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tome
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Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: to‧me
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tome
- inflection of tomar:
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tome
- inflection of tomar:
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