ton

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

• IPA^(key): /tʌn/

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• Rhymes: -ʌn

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.

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

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tɔ̃/, /tɒn/

ton (uncountable)

1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.

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

   • 1814 July, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: A Novel. In Three Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for T[homas] Egerton, […], OCLC 39810224, page 191:

     A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress.

   • Thackeray

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

2. Fashionable society; those in style.

• bon ton

ton (plural tons)

1. The common tunny, or horse mackerel.

• NOT, NTO, Not., ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, not, not., on't

From French thon.

ton

1. tuna

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

1. your (singular)

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.

• teu

ton

1. torch

ton

1. fur coat

• şontuq ton: short fur

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

• IPA^(key): /tʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

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

1. ton (unit of weight)

• kilo, kilogram, kg

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• IPA^(key): /tɔn/

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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.

ton

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

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃/

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• Homophone: thon

From Old French ton, tos, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Indo-European *towos.

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.

¹ Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.

² Also used as the polite singular form.

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

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.

• ont

• “ton” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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

ton m (plural tons)

1. thunder

• tonâ

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

ton m (plural tons)

1. tuna

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

ton m (plural tons)

1. tone

Borrowed from English ton.

tôn m

1. ton (unit of weight)

ton m (genitive singular toin, nominative plural toin)

1. (biology, literature, music) tone

ton

1. Rōmaji transcription of とん

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

From Latin tuus, tuum.

• IPA^(key): /tõn/
• Rhymes: -õn

ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive)

• French: ton

From Latin thunnus.

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

1. tuna (fish)

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “thynnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 131, page 318

• IPA^(key): /tɔn/

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ton m inan

1. (linguistics, music) tone

Borrowed from French thon.

ton m (plural toni)

1. tuna

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

ton n (plural tonuri)

1. tone

• IPA^(key): /tôːn/

tȏn m (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

1. tone

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

ton

1. you (singular)

• Entry 76271 in Álgu database

• IPA^(key): /tɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

ton n

1. tonne

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

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• IPA^(key): /tuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

ton c

1. tone (sound of a particular frequency)
2. (music) tone (interval)
3. tone (behaviour)

   att hålla god ton

   to behave well (also in presence of someone disliked)

4. tone, shade (of colour)

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

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

ton

1. you (singular)

• Entry 76273 in Álgu database

ton (plural tons)

1. sound

• IPA^(key): /tɔn/

ton f (plural tonnau)

1. wave

• meicrodon

ton

1. Second person dual subject (medial position)

   you two

2. Second person plural subject (medial position)

   you (three or more)

• to'na'
• to'n'aawan