Tomé

See also: tome, tomé, and -tome

Galician

Etymology

From Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא or תאמא (“twin”), the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toˈmɛ/

Proper noun

Tomé m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
2. (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)
3. a patronymical surname

References

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• “tome” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• "Tomé" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Tomé m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
2. (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)

Synonyms

• (Apostle): Tomás