ton

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See also: Ton, TON, tón, tòn, tốn, tợn, -ton, and Appendix:Variations of "ton"

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʌn/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun[edit]

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.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot
    I’ve got a ton of work to do.
    I've got tons of work to do.
  5. (slang) A speed of 100 mph.
    • 1970, Mungo Jerry (lyrics and music), “In The Summertime”, in In The Summertime:
      Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five
    • 2008, Damon Beesley & Iain Morris, "Caravan Club", The Inbetweeners Series 1, Episode 5, E4:
      Neil: How fast can this thing go then, do you reckon?
      Simon: Well, it's the special edition, so I reckon it could probably top a ton.
      Neil: Bollocks!
    • 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 50:
      The HSDT team, however, had some work to do, although by the end of 1972 the power car interior had been adjusted and BR had agreed to 'double-manning' with extra pay when speeds topped the ton.
  6. (Britain, slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
  7. (cricket) One hundred runs.
  8. (darts, snooker, etc.) One hundred points scored.
Synonyms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Tokelauan: tone, tane
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Translations[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton (uncountable)

  1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
  2. Fashionable society; those in style.
    • 1790, Amelia Opie, Dangers of Coquetry, vol. I, ch. 13:
      [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of the ton […] .
    • 1823 December 17, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], OCLC 868008434, canto XIII(please specify the stanza number):
      The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.
    • 1848-50, William Makepeace Thackeray, Pendennis, ch 30:
      Pen was somewhat older than many of his fellow-students, and there was that about his style and appearance, which, as we have said, was rather haughty and impertinent, that stamped him as a man of ton—very unlike those pale students who were talking law to one another, and those ferocious dandies, in rowing shirts and astonishing pins and waistcoats, who represented the idle part of the little community.
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton (plural tons)

  1. The common tunny, or horse mackerel.

Anagrams[edit]

Antillean Creole[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French thon.

Noun[edit]

ton

  1. tuna

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Occitan ton, from Vulgar Latin *tum, reduced form of Latin tuus, tuum, from Proto-Italic *towos. Compare Occitan and French ton.

In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin tuum, tuam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became ton, ta etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became teu, tua > teua etc.

Determiner[edit]

ton m (feminine ta, masculine plural tos, feminine plural tes)

  1. your (singular)

Usage notes[edit]

The use of ton and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.

The standard masculine plural form is tos, but tons can be found in some dialects.

See also[edit]

Chuukese[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton

  1. torch

Crimean Tatar[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton

  1. fur coat

Derived terms[edit]

Danish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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

  1. ton (unit of weight)

See also[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

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.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ton

  1. (colloquial) Genitive singular form of toi.
  2. (colloquial) Accusative singular form of toi.

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old French ton, tos, from Latin tuus.

Determiner[edit]

ton m

  1. (possessive) Your, thy (used to qualify masculine nouns and before vowel).
    Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre?
    Did you think to take your book?
    Ton écriture est jolie.
    Your writing is nice.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
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.

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of tonus, a later borrowing.

Noun[edit]

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! (I don’t like the way you are talking to me!)
  4. Tone, shade (of colour).
    Différents tons de rouge.
    Several shades of red.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Turkish: ton

Anagrams[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Friulian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). Compare Italian tuono, Romansch tun, tung, Dalmatian tun, Romanian tun.

Noun[edit]

ton m (plural tons)

  1. thunder
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Italian tonno.

Noun[edit]

ton m (plural tons)

  1. tuna

Etymology 3[edit]

Ultimately borrowed from Latin tonus. Compare French ton, Italian tono.

Noun[edit]

ton m (plural tons)

  1. tone

Fula[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Adverb[edit]

ton

  1. there, over there

Hausa[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English ton.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tôn m

  1. ton (unit of weight)

Indonesian[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɔn]
  • Hyphenation: ton

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch ton, from Middle Dutch tonne, from Old French [Term?], from Latin tunna, tonna, itself from a Celtic word cognate to Irish tonn (“skin”).

Noun[edit]

ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)

  1. ton:
    1. tonne, metric ton: a unit of weight (mass) equal to 1000 kilograms.
    2. register ton, a unit of a ship's capacity equal to 100 cubic feet or 2.83 m3.
    3. long ton, weight ton: the avoirdupois or Imperial ton of 2,240 pounds (1,016.0469 kg).
    4. displacement ton
  2. (colloquial) A thousand rupiah.
Related terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch toon, from Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

Noun[edit]

ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)

  1. alternative form of tona (“tone”)

Further reading[edit]

Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

ton m (genitive singular toin, nominative plural toin)

  1. (biology, literature, music) tone

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

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.

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

ton

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とん

Middle English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English tān; equivalent to to +‎ -en (plural suffix).

Noun[edit]

ton

  1. plural of to (“toe”)

Old French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • toun (Anglo-Norman)
  • tun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology[edit]

From Latin tuus, tuum.

Pronunciation[edit]

Determiner[edit]

ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

  1. your (second-person singular possessive)

Descendants[edit]

Old Javanese[edit]

Verb[edit]

ton

  1. to see; to look

Old Occitan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin thunnus.

Noun[edit]

ton m (oblique plural tons, nominative singular tons, nominative plural ton)

  1. tuna (fish)

References[edit]

Polish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton m inan

  1. (linguistics, music) tone
    Synonyms: barwa, brzmienie, zabarwienie

Declension[edit]

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

Derived terms[edit]

nouns
adjectives
adverbs
verbs

Further reading[edit]

  • ton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • ton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French thon.

Noun[edit]

ton m (plural toni)

  1. tuna
Declension[edit]
Declension of ton
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ton tonul (niște) toni tonii
genitive/dative (unui) ton tonului (unor) toni tonilor
vocative tonule tonilor

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from French ton, from Latin tonus. Doublet of tun.

Noun[edit]

ton n (plural tonuri)

  1. tone
Declension[edit]
Declension of ton
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ton tonul (niște) tonuri tonurile
genitive/dative (unui) ton tonului (unor) tonuri tonurilor
vocative tonule tonurilor
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Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

tȏn m (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

  1. tone

Declension[edit]

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

Skolt Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

Pronoun[edit]

ton

  1. you (singular)

Inflection[edit]

Declension of ton
singular dual plural
nominative ton tuäna tij
genitive tuu tuännai tij
accusative tuu tuännaid tiʹjjid
illative tuʹnne tuännaid tiʹjjid
locative tuʹst tuännast tiiʹst
comitative tuin tuännain tiʹjjivuiʹm
abessive tuutää tuännaitää tiʹjjitää
essive tuuʹnen tuännan -
partitive tuuʹđed - -

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton m (uncountable)

  1. acopocic of tono

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English ton

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton n

  1. tonne
Declension[edit]
Declension of ton 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ton tonnet ton tonnen
Genitive tons tonnets tons tonnens
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin tonus

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton c

  1. tone (sound of a particular frequency)
  2. (music) tone (interval)
  3. tone (behaviour)
    att hålla god ton ― to talk politely (e.g. in a debate)
  4. tone, shade (of colour)
Declension[edit]
Declension of ton 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative ton tonen toner tonerna
Genitive tons tonens toners tonernas
Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Ter Sami[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

Pronoun[edit]

ton

  1. you (singular)

Further reading[edit]

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Ternate[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton

  1. Alternative form of toni (“flying fish”)

References[edit]

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Turkish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From French ton.

Noun[edit]

ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

  1. tone (all senses)

Etymology 2[edit]

From French tonne.

Noun[edit]

ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

  1. tonne, metric ton

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

ton (nominative plural tons)

  1. sound

Declension[edit]

declension of ton
singular plural
nominative ton tons
genitive tona tonas
dative tone tones
accusative toni tonis
vocative 1 o ton! o tons!
predicative 2 tonu tonus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Brythonic *tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tundā.

Noun[edit]

ton f (plural tonnau)

  1. wave, billow
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface”), from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *tend- ~ *temh₁- (“to cut”).

Noun[edit]

ton m (plural tonnau)

  1. ley, unploughed land
Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ton don nhon thon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zuni[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ton

  1. Second person dual subject (medial position)
    you two
  2. Second person plural subject (medial position)
    you (three or more)

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Zuni personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person (medial) ho' hon hon
1st person (final) hoo'o ho'no ho'no
2nd person (medial) to' ton ton
2nd person (final) too'o to'no to'no
3rd person (medial) — 'aachi —
3rd person (final) — 'aachi —
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