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Revision as of 16:22, 8 September 2011

See also: Ton, tón, tòn, tợn, and -ton

English

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Etymology 1

Variant of (deprecated template usage) tun.

Pronunciation

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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. Template:colloquial A large amount.
    I’ve got a ton of work to do.
    I've got tons of work to do.
  5. Template:slang A speed of 100 mph.
  6. Template:slang One hundred pounds sterling.
  7. Template:cricket One hundred runs.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French (deprecated template usage) ton, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) tonus.

Pronunciation

Noun

ton (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old Bernian tænd; compare German Zahn and Dutch tand

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ton (singular genitive tones, plural tän, plural genitive tänens)

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Derived terms

Crimean Tatar

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ton

  1. fur coat

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 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.

Finnish

Pronoun

ton

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See also

French

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) tuus

Pronunciation

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) ton m (singular)

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

Related terms

Possessee
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine
Possessor Singular First person mon1 ma mes
Second person ton1 ta tes
Third person son1 sa ses
Plural First person notre nos
Second person votre2 vos2
Third person leur leurs
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.

Noun

ton m (plural tons)

  1. Tone (sound of a particular frequency).
  2. Template: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.

Anagrams

Irish

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ton m

  1. Template:biology tone

Declension

Template:ga-noun-m1

Mutation

Template:ga mut cons

Old French

Pronunciation

Pronoun

(deprecated template usage) ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

Descendants

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ton m

  1. Template:linguistics tone

Declension

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

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

Noun

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  1. tone

Declension

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

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

ton ?

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

Declension

Template:sv-noun-n-zero Template:sv-noun-reg-r-c

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