tome
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tōm, IPA(key): /təʊm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: tōm, IPA(key): /toʊm/
- Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun[edit]
tome (plural tomes)
- One in a series of volumes.
- A large or scholarly book.
- Synonym: (humorous) doorstop
- The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
- 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club[1]:
- And Sam presents Tyrion with A Song Of Ice And Fire, a tome in which Tyrion’s own role, far from that of the clever hero or Machiavellian snake, doesn’t even exist.
Translations[edit]
one in a series of volumes
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large or scholarly book — See also translations at doorstop
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Anagrams[edit]
Asturian[edit]
Verb[edit]
tome
French[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tome m (plural tomes)
Descendants[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]

From Franco-Provençal tôma, of obscure origin.
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tome f (plural tomes)
- a variety of mountain cheese
Further reading[edit]
- “tome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
References[edit]
- Oxford University Press (2016): The Oxford Companion to Cheese
Galician[edit]
Verb[edit]
tome
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
tome
Latin[edit]
Noun[edit]
tome m
References[edit]
- “tome”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tome in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Middle English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old English tōm and Old Norse tómr, both from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, clear, empty”).
Adjective[edit]
tome
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “tọ̄m(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse tom (“leisure, ease”). Compare Icelandic tóm (“empty space; leisure”).
Noun[edit]
tome (uncountable)
Alternative forms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “tọ̄m(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 3[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tome
- (Southwest, southern West Midlands) Alternative form of tame (“tame”)
Nias[edit]
Noun[edit]
tome (mutated form dome)
References[edit]
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 219.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Adjective[edit]
tome
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
tome
- inflection of tomar:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
tome
- inflection of tomar:
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