ton

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ton

1. (international standards)ISO 639-2&ISO 639-3language codeforTongan.

English

This solid concrete block weighs one metric ton.

This Smart carweighs roughly one short ton.

Etymology 1

Variant oftun(“cask”),influenced byOld Frenchtonne(“ton”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tʌn/

  • Audio(US):

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  • Audio(General Australian):

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• (Northern England,Ireland)IPA^(key):/tʊn/
• Rhymes:-ʌn

Noun

ton(pluraltons)

1. Any ofvariousunitsofmass,originally notionallyequalto thecontentsof atun,particularly:
   1. Theshort tonof 2000pounds(about 907kg), 20hundredweightsof 100pounds avoirdupoiseach.
   2. Thelong tonof 2240pounds(about 1016kg), 20hundredweightsof 112pounds avoirdupoiseach.
   3. Themetric tonof 1000kilograms,10quintalsof 100kilogramseach.

   Synonyms:tonne,metric ton,megagram

2. Any ofvariousunitsofvolume,originally notionallyequalto thecontentsof atun,particularly:
   1. Themeasurement tonof(US)40 or(UK)42cubic feet(about 1.1 or 1.2m³).
   2. Theregister tonof 100cubic feet(about 2.83m³).
3. (figuratively)Anylarge,excessive,oroverwhelmingamountofanything.

   Synonyms:seeThesaurus:lot

   I’ve got atonof work to do.

   I've gottonsof work to do.

4. (HVAC)Aunitofthermalpowerequal to 12,000BTU/h(about 3.5kW), approximating theidealizedrateofcoolingprovided byuniformisothermalmeltingof 1short tonoficeperdayat 0°C.
5. (colloquial,chieflyUK)Synonym ofhundred,particularly
   1. 100pounds sterling.
   2. (darts,snooker,etc.)100points.

      Synonym:tonne

   3. (cricket)100runs.

      Synonym:century

   4. Aspeedof 100mph.
      • 1970,Mungo Jerry (lyrics and music), “In The Summertime”, inIn The Summertime:

        Speed along the lane / Do atonor atonand twenty-five

      • 2008,Damon Beesley,Iain Morris,“Caravan Club”, inThe 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 aton.
        Neil:Bollocks!

      • 2021October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, inRAIL,number941,page50:

        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 theton.

6. (Can weverify⁽⁺⁾this sense?)Alternative form of'ton(“proton”)

Derived terms

• assay ton
• available ton mile
• butt-ton
• by the ton
• deadweight ton
• displacement ton
• foot-ton
• freight ton
• fuckton
• gross register ton
• hit like a ton of bricks
• hoppus ton
• like a ton of bricks
• long ton
• measurement ton
• metric ton
• net register ton
• Prussian ton
• register ton
• shipping ton
• shitton
• short ton
• thanks a ton
• ton mile
• ton-mile
• ton mileage
• ton of refrigeration
• ton of TNT
• ton-up

Related terms

• tonelada

Descendants

• →Tokelauan:tone,tane

Translations

various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun

• Albanian:ton(sq)m
• Arabic:طُنm(ṭun)((plural:)أَطْنَانmpl(ʔaṭnān))
• Armenian:տոննա(hy)(tonna)
• Azerbaijani:ton(az)
• Belarusian:то́наf(tóna)
• Bengali:টন(bn)(ṭon)
• Bulgarian:тон(bg)m(ton)
• Burmese:တန်(my)(tan)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech:tuna(cs)f
• Danish:ton(da)norc
• Dutch:ton(nl)morf
• Esperanto:tuno
• Estonian:tonn(et)
• Faroese:tonsn
• Finnish:tonni(fi)
• French:tonne(fr)f
• Georgian:ტონა(ṭona)
• German:Tonne(de)f
• Greek:τόνος(el)m(tónos)
• Hebrew:טוֹן(he)m(ton)
• Hindi:टन(hi)m(ṭan)
• Hungarian:tonna(hu)
• Icelandic:tonn(is)n
• Ido:tuno(io)
• Indonesian:ton(id)
• Italian:tonnellata(it)f
• Japanese:トン(ja)(ton)
• Kazakh:тонна(tonna)
• Khmer:តោន(km)(taon),តូន(km)(toun)
• Korean:톤(ko)(ton)
• Kyrgyz:тонна(ky)(tonna)
• Lao:ຕັນ(tan),ໂຕນ(tōn)
• Latvian:tonnaf
• Lithuanian:tona(lt)f
• Lü:ᦎᧃ(ṫan),ᦎᦷᧃ(ṫon)
• Macedonian:тонm(ton)
• Malay:tan(ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:тонн(mn)(tonn)

  Mongolian:ᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ(ton)

• Norman:tonnéf
• Northern Thai:ᨲᩢ᩠ᨶ,ᨲᩰᩫ᩠ᨶ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:tonnn

• Pashto:ټنm(ṭan)
• Persian:

  Dari:تَن(phát)(tan)

  Iranian Persian:تُن(phát)(ton)

• Polish:tona(pl)f
• Portuguese:tonelada(pt)f
• Romanian:tonă(ro)f
• Russian:то́нна(ru)f(tónna)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:то̏наf

  Roman:tȍna(sh)f

• Sinhalese:ටොන්(ṭon)
• Slovak:tonaf
• Slovene:ton(sl)m
• Spanish:tonelada(es)f
• Swahili:taniclassn
• Swedish:ton(sv)n
• Tagalog:tonelada
• Tajik:тонна(tonna)
• Tatar:тонн(tonn),тонна(tonna)
• Thai:ตัน(th)(dtan),โตน(dtoon)
• Turkish:ton(tr)
• Turkmen:tonna
• Ukrainian:то́нна(uk)f(tónna)
• Urdu:ٹَن(ur)m(ṭan)
• Uyghur:توننا(tonna)
• Uzbek:tonna(uz)
• Vietnamese:tấn(vi)
• Yiddish:טאַן(tan)
• Yoruba:tọ́ọ̀nù

short ton—seeshort ton

long ton—seelong ton

metric ton—seemetric ton

measurement ton—seemeasurement ton

register ton—seeregister ton

any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount

• Finnish:läjäpäin
• French:tonne(fr)f,flopée(fr)f
• Hungarian:rengeteg(hu),(egy)rakás,(egy)halom,egycsomó
• Russian:куча(ru)f(kuča)
• Spanish:a base de bien,a cholón(es),a cascoporro(es),a porrillo,a espuertas,a mansalva(es),a punta de pala,a patadas
• Swedish:ton(sv),tonvis(sv)
• Tagalog:tone-tonelada

slang: speed of 100 mph

• Finnish:satanen(fi)(note that km/h is used in Finland and thus satanen is generally understood as 100 km/h or about 60 mph; 100 mph is around 160 km/h)
• Hungarian:százmérföldperóra,óránkéntszázmérföld(-essebesség)

slang: £100

• Finnish:satanen(fi),satku(fi),huntti(fi)(of any currency)
• Hungarian:százfont

Etymology 2

Borrowed fromFrenchton(“manner”),fromLatintonus.Doubletoftone,tune,andtonus.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/tɔ̃/,/tɒn/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• Audio(Southern England):

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Noun

ton(uncountable)

1. Fashion,the current style, thevogue.
   • 1814May 9,[Jane Austen], chapter IX, inMansfield Park:[…],volume I, London:[…][George Sidney]forT[homas]Egerton,[…],→OCLC,page191:

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

   • 1857–1859,W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray,The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century,volume(please specify |volume=I or II),London:Bradbury & Evans,[…],published1858–1859,→OCLC:

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

2. Fashionable society; those in style.
   • 1790,Amelia Opie,chapter 13, inDangers of Coquetry,volume I:

     [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of theton[…].

   • 1823December 17, [Lord Byron],Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV.,London:[…][C. H. Reynell]forJohn Hunt,[…],→OCLC,canto XIII,(please specify the stanza number):

     The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of theton.

   • 1848November –1850December,William Makepeace Thackeray,chapter 30, inThe History of Pendennis.[…],volume I, London:Bradbury and Evans,[…],published1849,→OCLC:

     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 ofton—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.

Derived terms

• tonish

Related terms

• bon ton
• haut ton

Etymology 3

Noun

ton(pluraltons)

1. Synonym oftunny,particularlythecommontunnyorhorse mackerel.

See also

• pros ton kairon(etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

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

Antillean Creole

Etymology

FromFrenchthon.

Noun

ton

1. tuna

Catalan

Etymology 1

InheritedfromOld Catalanton,fromVulgar Latin*tum,reduced form ofLatintuum,fromProto-Italic*towos.CompareOccitanandFrenchton.

In unstressed position in Vulgar Latintuum, tuametc. were monosyllabic and regularly becameton, taetc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and becameteu,tua>teuaetc.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic,Central)IPA^(key):/tun/(always unstressed)
• (Valencia)IPA^(key):/ton/(always unstressed)

Determiner

tonm(feminineta,masculine pluraltos,feminine pluraltes)

1. your(singular)

Usage notes

• The use oftonand 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,andsonare still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such asamic,casa,andvida.Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.

The standard masculine plural form istos,buttonscan be found in some dialects.

See also

• teu

References

• “ton”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central,Balearic,Valencia)[ˈton]

Verb

ton

1. inflection oftondre:
   1. third-personsingularpresentindicative
   2. second-personsingularimperative

Chuukese

Noun

ton

1. torch

Crimean Tatar

Noun

ton(accusative[please provide],plural[please provide])

1. furcoat

Derived terms

• şontuqton:short fur

Danish

Etymology

FromEnglishton,variant oftun(“cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tʌn/
• Rhymes:-ʌn

Noun

toncorn(singular definitetonnetortonnen,plural indefinitetonortons,abbreviationt)

1. ton(unit of weight)

See also

• kilo,kilogram,kg

Dutch

Etymology

FromMiddle Dutchtonne,fromMedieval Latintunna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation:ton
• Rhymes:-ɔn

Noun

tonf(pluraltonnen,diminutivetonnetjen)

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

• karnton
• regenton
• tonnage
• waterton

Descendants

• Afrikaans:ton
• Negerhollands:ton,tono
• Petjo:tong
• →Caribbean Javanese:thong
• →Indonesian:ton

Finnish

Pronoun

ton

1. (colloquial)genitivesingularoftoi
2. (colloquial)accusativesingularoftoi

Anagrams

• -nto

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

InheritedfromVulgar Latin*tum.Doubletoftin(possessive pronoun).

Determiner

ton(feminineta,masculine pluraltosortes,feminine pluraltes)(ORB, broad)

1. your(second-personal singular possessor)

See also

Franco-Provençal possessive determiners

			Possessee
			singular		plural
			m	f	m	f
Possessor	singular	1st	mon	ma	mos	mes
		2nd	ton	ta	tos	tes
		3rd	son	sa	sos	ses
	plural	1st	noutron	noutra	noutros	noutres
		2nd	voutron	voutra	voutros	voutres
		3rd	lor		lors

References

• tonin DicoFranPro:Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal– ondicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• tonin Lo trèsor Arpitan – onarpitan.eu

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tɔ̃/,(before a vowel)/tɔ̃.n‿/,/tɔ.n‿/
• (Quebec)IPA^(key):/tõ/,(before a vowel)/tõ.n‿/,/tɔ.n‿/

• Audio:

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• Homophone:thon

Etymology 1

InheritedfromOld Frenchton,tos,fromLatintuus.

Determiner

tonm(feminineta,pluraltes)

1. (possessive)your

   Tu as pensé à prendretonlivre?

   Did you remember to bringyourbook?

   Tonécriture est jolie.

   Yourwriting is pretty.

   J’aime beaucouptonmanteau.

   I really likeyourcoat.

Usage notes

Tonis used before all singular nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute H, even those that are feminine. However,tais used with singular feminine nouns beginning with an aspirated H.

Derived terms

• tondit

Related terms

French possessive determiners

			Possessee
			singular		plural
			m	f
Possessor	singular	1st	mon1	ma	mes
		2nd	ton1	ta	tes
		3rd	son1	sa	ses
	plural	1st	notre		nos
		2nd	votre2		vos2
		3rd	leur		leurs

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

²Also used as the polite singular form.

For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologismsman,tan,san.These are extremely rare.

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromLatintonus.Doubletoftonus,a later borrowing.

Noun

tonm(pluraltons)

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

   Il y auntonentredoetré

   Doh and ray are separated by onetone.

3. tone(manner of speaking)

   Jen’aimepasletonsurlequeltumeparles!

   I don’t like yourtone!(I don’t like thewayyou are talking to me!)

4. tone,shade(of colour)

   Différentstonsderouge.

   Severalshadesof red.

Derived terms

• baisser d’un ton
• de bon ton
• donner le ton
• hausser le ton

Descendants

• →Turkish:ton

Further reading

• “ton”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• ont

Friulian

Etymology 1

FromLatintonus,fromAncient Greekτόνος(tónos).CompareItaliantuono,Romanschtun,tung,Dalmatiantun,Romaniantun.

Noun

tonm(pluraltons)

1. thunder

Related terms

• tonâ

Etymology 2

FromLatinthunnus,fromAncient Greekθύννος(thúnnos).CompareItaliantonno.

Noun

tonm(pluraltons)

1. tuna

Etymology 3

Ultimately borrowed fromLatintonus.CompareFrenchton,Italiantono.

Noun

tonm(pluraltons)

1. tone

Fula

Alternative forms

• (Pulaar)to

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.).

Adverb

ton

1. (Pular)there,over there

   Hammadi Sammba ko leydi Funnaange iwi. Wolarɓe Labe ɓen kadi kotoniwi.

   Hammadi Samba came from a region situated in the East. The Wolarɓe of Labe also came fromover there.

Usage notes

• Usedanaphorically

References

• Oumar Bah,Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular,Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.

Haitian Creole

Etymology

FromFrenchthon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tɔ̃/

Noun

ton

1. tuna

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tón/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa)IPA^(key):[táŋ]

Noun

tônm

1. ton(unit of weight)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈtɔn]
• Rhymes:-tɔn,-ɔn,-n
• Hyphenation:ton

Etymology 1

FromDutchton,fromMiddle Dutchtonne,fromOld French[Term?],fromLatintunna,tonna,itself from aCelticword cognate toIrishtonn(“skin”).

Noun

ton(first-person possessivetonku,second-person possessivetonmu,third-person possessivetonnya)

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)Athousandrupiah.

Alternative forms

• tan(Standard Malay)

Related terms

• tonase

Etymology 2

FromDutchtoon,fromMiddle Dutchtoon,ultimately fromLatintonus.

Noun

ton(first-person possessivetonku,second-person possessivetonmu,third-person possessivetonnya)

1. alternative form oftona(“tone”)

Further reading

• “ton”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Irish

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

tonm(genitive singulartoin,nominative pluraltoin)

1. (biology,literature,music)tone

Declension

Declension ofton

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative ton toin Vocative athoin athona Genitive toin ton Dative ton toin

Forms with thedefinite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative anton natoin Genitive antoin nadton Dative leis anton donton leis natoin

Derived terms

• aontonach(“monotonous; monotonic”,adj)
• aontonachtf(“monotonicity”)
• aontonm(“monotone”)
• hipeartonach(“hypertonic”,adj)
• hipeartonachtf(“hypertonicity”)
• iltonach(“polytonal”,adj)
• tonúil(“tonal”,adj)

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.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

DerivedfromEnglishturn.

Verb

ton

1. toturn
   • 2012,Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment,Edinburgh: DJB, published2012,→ISBN,Luuk23:28:

     Jiizastonroun an se tu dem[…]

     Jesusturningunto them said[…]

Further reading

• tonat majstro

Japanese

Romanization

ton

1. Rōmajitranscription ofとん

Middle English

Etymology

FromOld Englishtān;equivalent toto+‎-en(plural suffix).

Noun

ton

1. pluralofto(“toe”)

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

FromLatintuus, tuum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tun/
• Rhymes:-on

Determiner

tonm(feminineta,pluraltes)

1. your(second-person singular possessive)

Descendants

• French:ton

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate ofIndonesiantonton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ton/
• Rhymes:-ton

Verb

ton

1. tosee
2. tolook

Derived terms

• aminton
• amintonakĕn
• anon
• apinton
• kapinton
• kapintonan
• katon
• katonan
• kinatonakĕn
• manon
• pakatonan
• paminton
• pamintonan
• panon
• panon
• panonan
• panononan
• pinintonakĕn
• pinintonan
• tan panonan
• tan papakatonan
• tan papatonan
• tinon
• tinonakĕn
• tonan
• tumon
• umintonakĕn

Descendants

• ⇒Javanese:ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀(tonton)
  • →Malay:tonton
    • Indonesian:tonton

Further reading

• "ton" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson,Old Javanese-English Dictionary.'s-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Old Occitan

Etymology

FromLatinthunnus.

Noun

tonm(oblique pluraltons,nominative singulartons,nominative pluralton)

1. tuna(fish)

References

• Walther von Wartburg(1928–2002) “thynnus”, inFranzösisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch,volumes13: T–Ti,page318

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowingfromLatintonus,fromAncient Greekτόνος(tónos),fromProto-Hellenic*tónos,fromProto-Indo-European*tónos,from*ten-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ɔn
• Syllabification:ton

Noun

tonminan

1. (linguistics,music)tone

   Synonyms:barwa,brzmienie,zabarwienie

Declension

Declension ofton

	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

adjectives

• atonalny
• atoniczny
• bitonalny
• intonacyjny
• tonacyjny

adverbs

• atonalnie
• intonacyjnie
• tonalnie

nouns

• atonalista
• atonalistka
• atonalizm
• atonalność
• baryton
• bitonalność
• cały ton
• intonacja
• tonacja
• tonalność

verbs

• intonować
• zaintonować

Further reading

• toninWielki słownik języka polskiego,Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tonin Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromFrenchthon.

Noun

tonm(pluraltoni)

1. tuna

Declension

Declension ofton

	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

BorrowedfromFrenchton,fromLatintonus.Doublet oftun.

Noun

tonn(pluraltonuri)

1. tone

Declension

Declension ofton

	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

Related terms

• tonal

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tôːn/

Noun

tȏnm(Cyrillic spellingто̑н)

1. tone

Declension

Declension ofton

	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

Etymology

FromProto-Samic*tonë.

Pronoun

ton

1. you(singular)

Inflection

Declension ofton

	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

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈton/[ˈt̪õn]
• Rhymes:-on
• Syllabification:ton

Noun

tonm(uncountable)

1. Clipping oftono.

Further reading

• “ton”,inDiccionario de la lengua española(in Spanish), online version 23.7,Royal Spanish Academy,2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromEnglishton.First attested in 1795.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈtɔn/
• Rhymes:-ɔn

Noun

tonn

1. tonne,metric ton(one thousand kilograms)

   En bil väger ofta mellan ett och tvåton

   A car often weighs between one and twotonnes[1000–2000 kilograms]

Declension

Declension ofton

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

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

FromLatintonus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key):/ˈtuːn/
• Rhymes:-uːn

Noun

tonc

1. atone(sound of a particular frequency)
2. (music)tone(interval)
3. tone(manner of speaking (or communicating more generally))

   Han sa det med en argton

   He said it with an angrytone

   att hålla godton

   to avoid personal attacks and the like

   (literally, “to keep goodtone[idiomatic]”)

4. tone,shade(of color)

Declension

Declension ofton

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

Related terms

• 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

• toninSvensk ordbok(SO)
• toninSvenska Akademiens ordlista(SAOL)
• toninSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)

Anagrams

• not,ont

Ter Sami

Etymology

FromProto-Samic*tonë.

Pronoun

ton

1. you(singular)

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈton]

Noun

ton

1. Alternative form oftoni(“flying fish”)

References

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

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ton/

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromFrenchton.

Noun

ton(definite accusativetonu,pluraltonlar)

1. tone(all senses)

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromFrenchtonne.

Noun

ton(definite accusativetonu,pluraltonlar)

1. tonne,metric ton

Etymology 3

BorrowedfromFrenchthon.

Noun

ton(definite accusativetonu,pluraltonlar)

1. tuna

   Synonym:ton balığı

Volapük

Noun

ton(nominative pluraltons)

1. sound

Declension

declension ofton

	singular	plural
nominative	ton	tons
genitive	tona	tonas
dative	tone	tones
accusative	toni	tonis
vocative1	oton!	otons!
predicative2	tonu	tonus

• ¹status as a case is disputed
• ²in later, non-classical Volapük only

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/tɔn/
• Rhymes:-ɔn

Etymology 1

FromMiddle Welshtonn,fromProto-Brythonic*tonn,fromProto-Celtic*tundā.

Noun

tonf(pluraltonnau)

1. wave,billow

Derived terms

• dan y don
• meicrodon
• ton Fecsicanaidd
• ton sain
• ton wres
• tonfedd
• tonffurf
• toniad
• toniant
• tonnell
• tonnog
• tonnydd
• tonyddol

Etymology 2

Middle Welshtonn,fromProto-Celtic*tondā(“surface”),from the o-grade ofProto-Indo-European*tend-~*temh₁-(“to cut”).

Noun

tonm(pluraltonnau)

1. lea,unploughedland
2. skin,rind,crust

   Synonyms:croen,crofen,crystyn,pil

Derived terms

• tondir
• marwdon(“dandruff”)

Mutation

Mutated formsofton

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
ton	don	nhon	thon

Note:Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Zuni

Pronoun

ton

1. Second persondualsubject(medial position)

   youtwo

2. Second personpluralsubject(medial position)

   you(three or more)

Related terms

• to'na'
• to'n'aawan

See also

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	—