Wiktionary http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page MediaWiki 1.16alpha case-sensitive Media Special Talk User User talk Wiktionary Wiktionary talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk Appendix Appendix talk Concordance Concordance talk Index Index talk Rhymes Rhymes talk Transwiki Transwiki talk Wikisaurus Wikisaurus talk WT WT talk Citations Citations talk 38847 6563526 2009-05-09T12:04:10Z Interwicket 46132 iwiki -li {{wikipedia}} {{also|Ton}} ==English== ===Etymology 1=== Variant of {{term|tun||cask}}. ====Pronunciation==== * {{IPA|/tʌn/}} * {{audio|en-us-ton.ogg|Audio (US)}} * {{rhymes|ʌn}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun}} # A unit of [[weight]] ([[mass]]) equal to 2240 [[pound]]s (a [[long ton]]) or 2000 pounds (a [[short ton]]) or 1000 [[kilogram]]s (a [[metric ton]]). # A unit of [[volume]]; [[register ton]]. # In [[refrigeration]] and [[air conditioning]], a unit of [[power]] required to cool one ton of water by 1 °F every 10 minutes, equal to 12,000 Btu/h (3.517 kilowatts). # (''colloquial''; ''also in plural'' '''tons''') A large amount. #: ''I’ve got a ton of work to do.'' # {{slang}} A speed of 100 [[mph]]. # {{slang}} One hundred [[pound sterling|pounds sterling]]. # {{cricket}} One hundred runs. =====Synonyms===== * (''large amount''): [[heap]], [[load]], [[pile]] * (''one-hundred runs''): [[century]] =====Derived terms===== * [[displacement ton]] * [[long ton]] * [[measurement ton]] * [[metric ton]] (tonne) * [[register ton]] * [[short ton]] =====Translations===== {{trans-top|unit of weight}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[طن]]}} {{unicode|(ʈon)}} {{m}}, {{Arab|[[اطنان]]}} {{unicode|(’aʈná:n)}} {{p}} * Chinese: [[噸]], [[顿]] (dùn) * Czech: {{t-|cs|tuna|f}} * Dutch: {{t+|nl|ton}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|tonni}} * French: {{t+|fr|tonne|f}} * German: {{t+|de|Tonne|f}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|tonna}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|tonnellata|f}} * Japanese: [[トン]] (ton) * Korean: [[톤]] (ton) * Portuguese: {{t+|pt|tonelada|f}} * Russian: {{t+|ru|тонна|f|tr=tónna|sc=Cyrl}} * Spanish: {{t+|es|tonelada|f}} * Swedish: {{t+|sv|ton}} * [[Tatar]]: [[tonn]], [[tonna]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|register ton}} * Arabic: {{Arab|[[طن مسجل]]}} {{unicode|(ʈon musájjal)}} {{m}} * Finnish: {{t-|fi|rekisteritonni}} {{trans-mid}} * Italian: {{t+|it|tonnellata|f}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|large amount}} * French: {{t+|fr|tas|m}} {{trans-mid}} * Swedish: [[ton#Swedish|ton]], [[tonvis]] {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|speed of 100 mph}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-top|£100}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-bottom}} ===Etymology 2=== From {{etyl|fr}} {{term|ton||manner|lang=fr}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|tonus}}. ====Pronunciation==== * {{a|UK}} {{IPA|/tɔ̃/|/tɒn/}} ====Noun==== {{en-noun|-}} # [[fashion|Fashion]], the current style, the [[vogue]]. # Fashionable society; those in style. ===Anagrams=== * {{alphagram|[[not]]}} ---- ==Alemannic German== ===Etymology=== From Old Bernian ''tænd''; compare German ''[[Zahn]]'' and Dutch ''[[tand]]'' ===Noun=== '''ton''' (''singular genitive'' '''[[tones]]''', ''plural'' '''[[tan|tän]]''', ''plural genitive'' '''[[tänens]]''') # {{context|Berne dialect}} [[tooth]] ====Derived terms==== * [[cepillo|tonesburst]] ---- ==Crimean Tatar== ===Noun=== {{infl|crh|noun}} # [[fur]] [[coat]] ====Derived terms==== * [[şontuq]] [[ton]] : short fur [[Category:Crimean Tatar nouns]] ---- ==Dutch== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Nl-ton.ogg|audio}} ===Noun=== '''ton''' {{f}} (''plural:'' [[tonnen]], ''diminutive:'' [[tonnetje]]) # [[barrel]] # 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. ---- ==Finnish== ===Pronoun=== '''ton''' # {{colloquial|lang=fi}} {{fi-form of|tuo|type=pronoun|case=genitive}} # {{colloquial|lang=fi}} {{fi-form of|tuo|type=pronoun|case=accusative}} ===See also=== * [[tuon#Finnish|tuon]] ---- ==French== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Fr-ton.ogg|audio}} * {{IPA|lang=fr|/tɔ̃/}}, {{SAMPA|/tO~/}} * {{homophones|thon}} ===Adjective=== '''ton''' {{m}} ({{f}}: [[ta#French|ta]]; ''plural:'' [[tes]]) # {{possessive}} [[your]] (''second-person singular, used to indicate ownership of masculine nouns or of feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or an aspirated h'') #: ''[[Tu]] [[as]] [[penser|pensé]] [[à]] [[prendre]] '''[[ton]]''' [[livre]]?'' — Do you think to take '''your''' book? #: '' '''[[Ton]]''' [[écriture]] [[est]] [[joli|jolie]].'' — '''Your''' writing is nice. ===Noun=== {{fr-noun|m}} # [[tone]] (''sound of a particular [[frequency]]'') # {{music|lang=fr}} [[tone]] (''interval'') #: ''[[Il y a]] [[un#French|un]] '''ton''' [[entre]] [[do#French|do]] [[et#French|et]] [[ré#French|ré]]'' — Doh and ray are separated by one '''tone'''. # [[tone]] (''manner of speaking'') #: ''[[Je]] [[n']][[aime]] [[pas]] [[le#French|le]] '''ton''' [[sur]] [[lequel]] [[tu#French|tu]] [[me]] [[parler|parles]]!'' — I don’t like your '''tone'''! ''or'' I don’t like the '''way''' you are talking to me! # [[tone]], [[shade]] (''of colour'') #: ''[[différent|Différents]] '''tons''' [[de#French|de]] [[rouge#French|rouge]].'' — Several '''shades''' of red. [[Category:French nouns]] ---- ==Swedish== ===Pronunciation=== * {{audio|Sv-ton.ogg|audio}} ===Noun=== {{infl|sv|noun|g=n}} {{sv-noun-irreg-n|ton|tonnet|4=tonnen|6=tonnets|8=tonnens}} {{IPA|tɔn}} # [[metric ton]] {{sv-noun-reg-r-c|2=tone}} '''ton''' {{c}} {{IPA|tu:n}} # [[tone]] (''sound of a particular [[frequency]]'') # {{music|lang=sv}} [[tone]] (''interval'') # [[tone]] (''att hålla god ton'' = ''to behave well'', also in presence of someone disliked) # [[tone]], [[shade]] (''of colour'') [[Category:Units of measure]] [[cy:ton]] [[da:ton]] [[de:ton]] [[et:ton]] [[fr:ton]] [[gl:ton]] [[ko:ton]] [[io:ton]] [[kk:ton]] [[ku:ton]] [[lo:ton]] [[lt:ton]] [[hu:ton]] [[nl:ton]] [[no:ton]] [[pl:ton]] [[pt:ton]] [[ro:ton]] [[ru:ton]] [[simple:ton]] [[sl:ton]] [[fi:ton]] [[sv:ton]] [[ta:ton]] [[te:ton]] [[tr:ton]] [[vi:ton]] [[vo:ton]]