tonner

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English

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Etymology

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From ton +‎ -er or tonne +‎ -er.

Noun

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tonner (plural tonners)

  1. (in combination) A vehicle or other object having a specified tonnage, or weighing a specified number of tons.
    • 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, When the World Screamed[1]:
      There came a welcome interruption, however, when I heard the roar of wheels and rejoiced to see my Leyland three-tonner come rolling and heaving over the grass, heaped up with tools and sections of tubing, and bearing my foreman, Peters, and a very grimy assistant in front.

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French, from Latin tonāre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (to thunder).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tɔ.ne/
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Verb

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tonner (impersonal)

  1. (meteorology, impersonal) to thunder
  2. to thunder (to make a noise like thunder)

Conjugation

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