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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French tonne (“metric ton”).

Pronunciation

• t?n, IPA^(key): /t?n/, /t?n/
• Homophones: ton, tun
• Rhymes: -?n
• (General Australian) t?n, IPA^(key): /t?n/ (especially when emphasizing tonnes and not tons)
• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

tonne (plural tonnes)

1. A metric unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Symbol: t

   Synonyms: metric ton, megagram
2. (colloquial, darts) A score of 100.

Usage notes

1. A tonne (about 2204.6 pounds) is not exactly the same as a long ton (2240 pounds). Because "ton" and "tonne" usually have the same pronunciation, the phrase "metric ton" is frequently used for "tonne" where disambiguation is required.
2. In the 1970s the British steel industry promoted the pronunciation /?t?ni/ ("tunnie") to help avoid confusion. The pronunciation /t?n/ has also been used for the same reason.
   • 1971. Transactions of the Royal Institute of Naval Arcihtects, page 215, volume 113, 1971

     The metric ton or 'tonne' is accepted as a synonym for the megagramme, and this form Is to be preferred on the grounds of brevity and familiarity in the industry. It may be as well to use the pronunciation 'tunnie' until the risk of confusion with the old ton has passed.

   • 1972, Which, May 1972

     The British Steel Corporation, going metric but realising the possible confusion between a ton and a tonne (1,000 kilograms) has directed its staff to pronounce ‘tonne’ ‘tunnie’.

   • 2002, Richard Chapman, Physics for Geologists, page 138, CRC Press, 2002 ?ISBN

     The tonne rhymes with con (perhaps not in North America!) to distinguish it from the non-SI unit of weight, the ton rhyming with bun.

Translations

Further reading

• tonne on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Tenno, nonet, tenno, tenon

Estonian

Noun

tonne

1. partitive plural of tonn

Finnish

Adverb

tonne

1. (colloquial, of movement) Synonym of tuonne (“there (when the speaker points at the place)”)

Anagrams

• neton, onnet

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin tunna, tonna, itself from a Celtic word cognate to Irish tonn "skin".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?n/

Noun

tonne f (plural tonnes)

1. tonne, metric ton
2. ton

Derived terms

• en faire des tonnes

Verb

tonne

1. first-person singular present indicative of tonner
2. third-person singular present indicative of tonner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of tonner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of tonner
5. second-person singular imperative of tonner

Further reading

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

Woccon

Etymology

Compare Catawba nepe(?), n?pe(?), nepa?, d?pe(?), dapa(?), d?p?n, dube. Compare also noponne, which features in the word for "ten". Two Proto-Siouan roots for "one" can be reconstructed: Proto-Siouan-Catawban *n?(?sa), r?(?sa) (apparently whence this word) and *w?y?, each one found in one branch and almost entirely missing from the other. (*n? is importantly also found in Quapaw hi n?xt? "once, one time", where -xt? is the morpheme denoting "_ times".)

Numeral

tonne

1. one

References

• A Vocabulary of Woccon ?ISBN, extracted from A New Voyage to Carolina by John Lawson

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?nz/
• Rhymes: -?nz
• Homophones: tonnes, tuns

Noun

tons

1. plural of ton

Noun

tons pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).

   I have tons of pens, but none of them work.

   Tons of people attended the game.

Synonyms

• a lot
• a thing or two
• loads

Anagrams

• NOTs, SOTN, Ston, TNOs, nots, onst, snot

Catalan

Noun

tons

1. plural of to

Danish

Noun

tons

1. indefinite plural of ton
2. indefinite genitive singular of ton
3. indefinite genitive plural of ton

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish tons and English tons, plural form of ton.

Noun

tons n (genitive singular tons, plural tons)

1. ton

Declension

Derived terms

• tonsatal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??/

Noun

tons m

1. plural of ton

Anagrams

• sont

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?tõ?/

Noun

tons m

1. plural of tom

Swedish

Noun

tons

1. indefinite genitive plural of ton
2. indefinite genitive singular of ton

Anagrams

• nots, ston