metric ton

English

Alternative forms

• MT

Noun

metricton(pluralmetric tons)

1. (chieflyUS)Aunitofmassequalto 1000kilograms,about 2204.6pounds avoirdupois.
   • 2006,Edwin Black,chapter 2, inInternal Combustion‎^[1]:

     One typical Grecian kiln engorged one thousand muleloads of juniper wood in a single burn. Fifty such kilns would devour six thousandmetric tonsof trees and brush annually.

Usage notes

Infrequently used in Commonwealth countries (including Britain) in contexts where confusion might arise between the metric ton and the traditional English tons of 2000 or 2240 pounds, in which casetonneis preferred.

Synonyms

• ton(often proscribed),tonne,t,T(chiefly UK),megagram(uncommon),millier(archaic)

Derived terms

• metric fuckton

Related terms

• metric shitload

Translations

unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms

• Arabic:طُنّ مِتْرِيّ(ṭunn mitriyy)

  Hijazi Arabic:طَنّm(ṭann)

• Armenian:please add this translation if you can
• Breton:tonenn(br)f
• Bulgarian:метричен тонm(metričen ton)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Công tấn／Công tấn(gung¹deon¹)

  Mandarin:Công tấn／Công tấn(zh)(gōngdūn or gōngdùn),Tấn／Tấn(zh)(dūn, dùn)

• Czech:tuna(cs)f
• Dutch:ton(nl)m
• Esperanto:tuno
• Finnish:tonni(fi)
• French:tonne(fr)f
• Galician:tonelada métricaf,tonelada(gl)f
• Georgian:please add this translation if you can
• German:Tonne(de)f
• Greek:τόνος(el)m(tónos)
• Hebrew:טון(he)m(ton)
• Italian:tonnellata(it)f
• Japanese:メトリックトン(ja),グラムトン(ja),トン(ja),Truân(ja)
• Khmer:តោន(km)(taon),តូន(km)(toon)
• Korean:please add this translation if you can
• Malay:tan metrik,tan(ms)
• Malayalam:ടൺ(ml)(ṭaṇ)
• Mongolian:please add this translation if you can
• Polish:tona(pl)f
• Portuguese:tonelada métricaf,tonelada(pt)f
• Russian:метри́ческая то́ннаf(metríčeskaja tónna),то́нна(ru)f(tónna)
• Slovak:tonaf
• Spanish:tonelada métricaf,tonelada(es)f
• Swedish:ton(sv)
• Thai:ตัน(th)(dtan)
• Turkish:ton(tr)sg
• Vietnamese:tấn(vi)