ton

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Variant of tun (cask).

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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 power required to cool one ton of water by 1 °F every 10 minutes, equal to 12,000 Btu/h (3.517 kilowatts).
  4. (colloquial, hyperbolic) A large amount.
    I’ve got a ton of work to do.
    I've got tons of work to do.
  5. (slang) A speed of 100 mph.
  6. (slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
  7. (cricket) One hundred runs.
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[edit] Etymology 2

From French ton (manner), from Latin tonus.

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  • (UK) IPA: /tɔ̃/, /tɒn/

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ton (uncountable)

  1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
  2. Fashionable society; those in style.

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From Old Bernian tænd; compare German Zahn and Dutch tand

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ton (singular genitive tones, plural tän, plural genitive tänens)

  1. (Berne dialect) tooth

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ton

  1. fur coat

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ton f. (plural: tonnen, diminutive: tonnetje)

  1. barrel
  2. 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.

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ton

  1. (colloquial) Genitive form of tuo.
  2. (colloquial) Accusative form of tuo.

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[edit] French

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Latin tuus

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ton m. (singular)

  1. (possessive) Your.
    Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre? — Do you think to take your book?
    Ton écriture est jolie.Your writing is nice.

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ton m. (plural tons)

  1. Tone (sound of a particular frequency).
  2. (music) Tone (interval).
    Il y a un ton entre do et — 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! or I don’t like the way you are talking to me!
  4. Tone, shade (of colour).
    Différents tons de rouge. — Several shades of red.

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ton m.

  1. (biology, literature, music) tone

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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

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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.

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ton m. (feminine ta, plural tes)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

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ton m.

  1. (linguistics) tone

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  • IPA: /tôːn/

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tȏn m. (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

  1. tone

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ton n. and c.

  1. metric ton n.
  2. tone (sound of a particular frequency)
  3. (music) tone (interval)
  4. tone (behaviour)
    att hålla god ton
    to behave well (also in presence of someone disliked)
  5. tone, shade (of colour)

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ton (plural tons)

  1. sound

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