ton

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology 1

Variant of tun (“cask”).

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[edit] Noun

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] Translations
unit of weight
register ton
large amount
speed of 100 mph
£100

[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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[edit] Alemannic German

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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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[edit] Crimean Tatar

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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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    French possessive adjectives
Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine —
Possessor Singular First person mon ma mes
Second person ton ta tes
Third person son sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre vos
Third person leur leurs

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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 ré — 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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[edit] Irish

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ton m.

  1. (biology, literature, music) tone

[edit] Declension

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

[edit] Mutation

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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    declension of ton
singular plural
nominative ton tony
genitive tonu tonów
dative tonowi tonom
accusative ton tony
instrumental tonem tonami
locative tonie tonach
vocative tonie tony

[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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  • IPA: /tôːn/

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tȏn m. (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

  1. tone

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    declension of ton
singular plural
nominative tȏn tónovi
genitive tona tonova
dative tonu tonovima
accusative ton tonove
vocative tone tonovi
locative tonu tonovima
instrumental tonom tonovima

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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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Declension of ton 1
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ton tonnet ton tonnen
genitive tons tonnets tons tonnens
Declension of ton 2-5
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ton tonen toner tonerna
genitive tons tonens toners tonernas

[edit] Volapük

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ton (plural tons)

  1. sound

[edit] Declension

declension of ton
singular plural
nominative ton tons
genitive tona tonas
dative tone tones
accusative toni tonis
predicative tonu tonus
vocative o ton! o tons!
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