ton

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun 1.1.2.1 Synonyms 1.1.2.2 Derived terms 1.1.2.3 Translations 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Noun 1.3 Anagrams 2 Alemannic German 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Noun 2.2.1 Derived terms 3 Crimean Tatar 3.1 Noun 3.1.1 Derived terms 4 Dutch 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Finnish 5.1 Pronoun 5.2 See also 6 French 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Adjective 6.3 Noun 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Variant of tun (“‘cask’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʌn/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ʌn

[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; also in plural tons) A large amount.

   I’ve got a ton of work to do.

5. (slang) A speed of 100 mph.
6. (slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
7. (cricket) One hundred runs.

[edit] Synonyms

• (large amount): heap, load, pile
• (one-hundred runs): century

[edit] Derived terms

• displacement ton
• long ton
• measurement ton
• metric ton (tonne)
• register ton
• short ton

[edit] Translations

[edit] Etymology 2

From French ton (“‘manner’”), from Latin tonus.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (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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• Alphagram: not

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[edit] Alemannic German

[edit] Etymology

From Old Bernian tænd; compare German Zahn and Dutch tand

[edit] Noun

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

1. (Berne dialect) tooth

[edit] Derived terms

• tonesburst

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

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ton

1. fur coat

[edit] Derived terms

• şontuq ton : short fur

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[edit] Dutch

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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.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Pronoun

ton

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

[edit] See also

• tuon

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /tɔ̃/, SAMPA: /tO~/
• Homophones: thon

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ton m. (f.: ta; plural: tes)

1. (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 pensé à prendre ton livre? — Do you think to take your book?

   Ton écriture est jolie. — Your writing is nice.

[edit] Noun

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] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Noun

ton n.

Inflection for ton	Singular		Plural
neuter	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ton	tonnet	ton	tonnen
Genitive	tons	tonnets	tons	tonnens

IPA: tɔn

1. metric ton

Inflection for ton	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	ton	tonen	toner	tonerna
Genitive	tons	tonens	toners	tonernas

ton c. IPA: tu:n

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