ton

See also: Ton, TON, tón, tòn, tợn, tôn, tốn, -ton, and -tön

English

Wikipedia

Etymology 1

Variant of tun (“cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌn

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 thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
4. (colloquial, hyperbolic) A large amount.

   I’ve got a ton of work to do.

   I've got tons of work to do.

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

Synonyms

• (large amount): heap, load, pile
• (one-hundred runs): century
• See also Wikisaurus:lot

Derived terms

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

Translations

unit of weight

• Arabic: طن m (ṭun) ((plural: ) أطنان m pl)
• Belarusian: тона f (tóna)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噸 (zh), 顿 (zh) (dùn)

• Czech: tuna (cs) f
• Danish: ton (da) n, c
• Dutch: ton (nl)
• Esperanto: tuno
• Faroese: tons n
• Finnish: tonni (fi)
• French: tonne (fr) f
• German: Tonne (de) f
• Hindi: टन (ṭan)
• Hungarian: tonna (hu)
• Italian: tonnellata (it) f
• Japanese: トン (ja) (ton)

• Jèrriais: tonné f
• Korean: 톤 (ko) (ton)
• Persian: تن (fa) (ton)
• Polish: tona (pl) f
• Portuguese: tonelada (pt) f
• Russian: тонна (ru) f (tónna)
• Serbo-Croatian: тона f, tona f
• Slovak: tona f
• Slovene: ton (sl) m
• Spanish: tonelada (es) f
• Swedish: ton (sv)
• Tatar: тонн (tonn), тонна (tónna)
• Thai: ตัน (dtan)
• Turkish: ton (tr)
• Ukrainian: тонна (uk) f (tónna)
• Vietnamese: tấn (vi)

register ton

• Arabic: طن مسجل m (ʈon musájjal)
• Finnish: rekisteritonni

• Italian: tonnellata (it) f

large amount

• Finnish: läjäpäin
• French: tas (fr) m

• Swedish: ton (sv), tonvis

speed of 100 mph

£100

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɔ̃/, /tɒn/

Noun

ton (uncountable)

1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Byron to this entry?)

   • Thackeray

     If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.

2. Fashionable society; those in style.

Etymology 3

Noun

ton (plural tons)

1. The common tunny, or house mackerel.

Anagrams

• NOT, not, Ont, Ont., TNO

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old Bernian tænd; compare German Zahn and Dutch tand

Noun

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

1. (Berne dialect) tooth

Derived terms

• tonesburst

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Crimean Tatar

Noun

ton

1. fur coat

Derived terms

• şontuq ton: short fur

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Danish

Wikipedia ^da

Etymology

From English ton, variant of tun (“cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

ton c, n (singular definite tonnet or tonnen, plural indefinite ton or tons, abbreviation t)

1. a ton (unit of weight)

See also

• kilo, kilogram, kg

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• IPA^(key): /tɔn/

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Noun

ton f (plural tonnen, diminutive tonnetje n)

1. barrel
2. ton (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.

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Finnish

Pronoun

ton

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

See also

• tuon

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French

Etymology

From Latin tuus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃/
• Homophone: thon

Determiner

ton m (singular)

1. (possessive) Your, thine.

   Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre? — Did you think to take your book?

   Ton écriture est jolie. — Your writing is nice.

Related terms

    French possessive adjectives

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	—
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon	ma	mes
		Second person	ton	ta	tes
		Third person	son	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre		vos
		Third person	leur		leurs

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.

Anagrams

• ont

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Hausa

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tôn

Noun

ton m

1. ton

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Irish

Noun

ton m (genitive toin, nominative plural toin)

1. (biology, literature, music) tone

Declension

Declension of ton

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ton toin Vocative a thoin a thona Genitive toin ton Dative ton toin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an ton na toin Genitive an toin na dton Dative leis an ton don ton leis na toin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ton	thon	dton
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Lojban

Rafsi

ton

1. rafsi of torni.

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tõn/
• Rhymes: -õn

Pronoun

ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive pronoun)

Descendants

• French: ton

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ɔn̪/

• Audio

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Noun

ton m

1. (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

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tôːn/

Noun

tȏn m (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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• 1. IPA^(key): tɔn
• 2-5. IPA^(key): tuːn

Noun

ton c, n

1. metric ton n
2. tone (sound of a particular frequency)
3. (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

Declension of ton 1

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ton	tonnet	ton	tonnen
genitive	tons	tonnets	tons	tonnens

Declension of ton 2-5

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ton	tonen	toner	tonerna
genitive	tons	tonens	toners	tonernas

Related terms

metric ton

• dödviktston
• tonkilometer
• tonnage
• tontal
• tontals
• tonvis

sound, music, behaviour, shade

grundton halvton tona tonal tonalitet tonarm tonart tonband tonbildning tondikt tondöv tonem toner

tonfall tonföljd tongenerator tongivande tongång tonhuvud tonhöjd tonika toning tonkonst tonkonstnär tonkontroll tonlig

tonläge tonlös tonlöshet tonmålning tonomfång tonskala tonspråk tonsteg tonstycke tonstyrka tonstöt tonsäker tonsäkerhet

tonsätta tonsättare tonsättarinna tonsättning tonträff tonträffning tonvalstelefon tonvikt

References

• ton in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Volapük

Noun

ton (plural tons)

1. sound

Declension

declension of ton

	singular	plural
nominative	ton	tons
genitive	tona	tonas
dative	tone	tones
accusative	toni	tonis
predicative	tonu	tonus
vocative	o ton!	o tons!