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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

Alternative forms

• vis

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil ???? (v?cai) and/or Telugu ???? (v?se)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?s/
• Rhymes: -?s

Noun

viss (plural visses)

1. A Burmese unit of measure for weight, approximately 1.63293 kilograms (3.6 pounds).

Related terms

• tical (a unit of weight equal to 0.01 viss)

Translations

Anagrams

• ISVs

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse viss (“certain, sure”), from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Swedish viss.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?s?/
• Rhymes: -?s?

Adjective

viss (comparative vissari, superlative vissastur)

1. certain, sure, positive

   Ertu viss? — Já, ég er alveg viss.

   Are you sure? — Yes, I'm positive.

2. certain, having been determined but unspecific

   Að falla úr vissri hæð.

   To fall from a certain height.

Inflection

Synonyms

• (sure): öruggur, (informal, dated) sikker
• (certain): ákveðinn

Derived terms

• óviss

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *visas, from Proto-Indo-European *wi-so-s, from *wi-, *w?- (“separated, divided; two parts of a whole”). Cognates include Lithuanian vìsas, Sudovian wisa, Proto-Slavic *v?x? (Old Church Slavonic ???? (v?s?), Russian ???? (ves?), Belarusian ?????? (uvjés?), Ukrainian ???? (ves?), ?????? (uvés?), Bulgarian ??? (vse), Czech ves, Polish wszy, Sanskrit ?? (ví, “apart, asunder, off, in several directions”), ????? (ví?va, “all, each, whole”), Avestan ????????????????????-? (v?spa-), Old Persian [script needed] (visa-, “all, whole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vis]

Adjective

viss (no definite forms; irreg. adv. (none))

1. (usually singular) all, whole, entire (considered as a single entity)

2. (of time periods, in the accusative) all, whole (during the entire time period)

3. (usually plural) all, all the... (the entire group of, without exception)

4. (with abstractions entities, ideas) all, full (maximally intense)

Pronoun

viss (indefinite)

1. (masculine singular forms) all, everything, anything

   vieta, kur? var?ja atrast visu ko: labo un slikto, jauno un veco, atpalikušo un progres?vo - a place where one could find all that (= all kinds of things): good and bad, new and old, backward and progressive

2. (plural forms) all, everyone, everybody

   visi jau ir pa?duši - everybody has already eaten

   visi ir veseli - all are healthy

   n?ca visi kop? - they all came together

   visu v?rd? - in the name of (= on behalf of) everyone

   visi bez iz??muma - everybody, without exception

   visi skraid?ja ap ugunsgr?ku k? apmulsuši, cits caur citu vaiman?dami - everybody (just) ran around the fire confusedly, wailing at each other

   visi, kas no m?tes ir aizg?juši pasaul? laimi mekl?t, ir apg?juši pasaulei apk?rt un atraduši tikai m?ti - all those who went away from their mother to look for happiness in the world, went all around the world and found only (their) mother

Usage notes

Viss has no definite forms; the indefinite forms are used in all cases. It has also no comparative or superlative forms.

Declension

Synonyms

• (of "whole"): vesels
• (for time periods): augs

Antonyms

• (of "everything"): nekas

Derived terms

• All superlative adjectives and superlative adverbs.

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse víss

Adjective

viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)

1. certain

   til en viss grad - to a certain extent

Antonyms

• uviss

Derived terms

• visshet

References

• “viss” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??s?/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse víss

Adjective

viss (neuter singular visst, definite singular and plural visse)

1. certain

Antonyms

• uviss

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wes

Conjunction

viss

1. if

Synonyms

• dersom

References

• “viss” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse viss, from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. Cognate with Icelandic viss.

Pronunciation

Adjective

viss (comparative vissare, superlative vissast)

1. certain, convinced

   Experterna har nu blivit vissa om olyckans orsaker.

   The experts have now become certain regarding the causes of the accident.

2. some, certain, particular (not comparable)

   I vissa avseenden, fungerar det inte.

   In some ways, it doesn't work.

Declension

Related terms

• visshet

See also

• några