tom

See also Appendix:Variations of "tom"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /tɒm/, SAMPA: /tQm/
• (US) IPA: /tɑm/, SAMPA: /tAm/

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

Etymology 1

From generic use of the proper name Tom.

Noun

tom (plural toms)

1. The male of the domesticated cat.
2. The male of the turkey.
3. The male of certain other animals.
4. (UK, slang) A prostitute.
5. (music) A type of drum.

Synonyms

• (male cat): tomcat
• (male turkey): turkey-cock
• (male of other animals): male
• (prostitute): See also Wikisaurus:prostitute

Derived terms

tomboy tomcat

tomfool tom-tit

Translations

male cat

Breton: targazh m. Catalan: gat (ca) m. (depending of the context is male or general) Czech: kocour (cs) m. Danish: hankat (da) c. Dutch: kater (nl) m. Esperanto: virkato (eo) m., katiĉo (eo) m. Finnish: kolli (fi) French: matou (fr), chat (fr) m. German: Kater (de) m. Hungarian: kandúr (hu) Icelandic: högni (is) m.

Italian: gatto (it) m. Novial: kato Polish: kocur (pl) m. Portuguese: gato (pt) m. Romanian: cotoi (ro) m. Russian: кот (ru) m. Serbian: мачор (sr) (mačor) m., мачак (sr) (mačak) m. Spanish: gato (es) m. Swedish: katt (sv) c. (also female; if gender is important, hankatt (sv) should be used) Volapük: (♂♀) kat (vo), (♂) hikat (vo), (♀) jikat (vo) West Frisian: boarre (fy) c.

male turkey — see turkey-cock

male of other animals

Catalan: mascle (ca) m. Finnish: koiras (fi) French: mâle (fr) m. Italian: maschio (it) m.

Romanian: mascul (ro) m. Russian: индюк (ru) (indjúk) m. Spanish: macho (es) m. Swedish: hane (sv) c.

slang: prostitute

See also: prostitute

drum type

Spanish: tamtan (es) m.

Swedish: hängpuka (sv) c., tom (sv) c.

Etymology 2

Shortened from tomato

Noun

tom (plural toms)

1. (UK, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).

   Toms 90p a pound

Anagrams

• Mot , MOT

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse tómr.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɔm/, [tˢʌmˀ]

Adjective

tom

1. empty

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Old English

Etymology

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

Adjective

tōm

1. empty
2. (fig.) free from

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Polish

Pronunciation

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Noun

tom m.

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

Declension

    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

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin tonus. Compare Spanish tono.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tõ/, SAMPA: /to~/

Noun

tom m. (plural toms)

1. tone (property of sound determined by the frequency)

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /t̪ʰɔum/

Noun

tom m. (genitive 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

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Slovene

Noun

tom m. (dual toma, plural tomi)

1. tome

See also

• zvezek m.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse tómr.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

tom

1. empty

Declension

Declension of tom

Inflections of tom		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	tom	tommare		tommast
	Neuter	tomt
Definite singular	Masc.	tomme		tommaste
	All	tomma		tommaste
Plural		tomma		tommaste

Antonyms

• full

See also

• tömma