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ton

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Clipping of English Tongan.

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ton

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Tongan.

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English

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This solid concrete block weighs one metric ton.
 
This Smart car weighs roughly one short ton.

Etymology 1

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

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ton (plural tons)

  2. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
    2. The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
    4. The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
    6. The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
      Synonyms: tonne, metric ton, megagram
  4. Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
    1. The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
    2. The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
  6. (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
    Synonyms: shitton, fuckton; see also Thesaurus:lot
    I’ve got a ton of work to do.
    I've got tons of work to do.
  8. (HVAC) A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.
    Synonyms: ton of refrigeration, refrigeration ton, TR, RT
    Their main problem is that they somehow believe that a 12-ton unit can handle this entire building.
  10. (colloquial, chiefly UK) Synonym of hundred, particularly:
    2. 100 pounds sterling.
    4. (darts, snooker, etc.) 100 points.
      Synonym: tonne
    6. (cricket) 100 runs.
      Synonym: century
    8. A speed of 100 mph (160 km/h).
      • 1970, Mungo Jerry, “In The Summertime”, in In The Summertime:
        Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five
      • 1976, “Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die”, in Ian Anderson (lyrics), Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, performed by Jethro Tull:
        So the old Rocker gets out his bike
        To make a ton before he takes his leave.
      • 2008, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, “Caravan Club”, in The 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 a ton.
        Neil: Bollocks!
      • 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 50:
        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 the ton.
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Descendants
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  • → Tokelauan: tone, tane
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Etymology 2

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

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ton (uncountable)

  1. Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
  2. Fashionable society; those in style.
    • 1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 13, in Dangers 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 the ton […] .
    • 1823 December 17, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XIII, (please specify the stanza number):
      The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton.
    • 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 30, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →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 of ton—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.
    • 2000, Julia Quinn, The Duke and I (Bridgerton):
      He had no plans to marry. Ever. And there wasn’t much point in attending ton parties if one wasn’t looking for a wife.
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Etymology 3

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ton (plural tons)

  1. Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.

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Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French thon.

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ton

  1. tuna

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old Catalan ton, from Vulgar Latin *tum, reduced form of Latin tuum, from Proto-Italic *towos. Compare Occitan and French ton.

In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin tuum, tuam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became ton, ta etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became teu, tua > teua etc.

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

  1. your (singular)
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  • 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.

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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ton

  1. inflection of tondre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Chuukese

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ton

  1. torch

Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle English ton, from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos), from Proto-Indo-European *tónos.

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ton m (plural tonyow)

  1. melody, tone, tune

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Mutation

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Mutation of ton
radical soft aspirate hard mixed
ton don thon unchanged unchanged

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

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  • “ton” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Crimean Tatar

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

  1. fur coat

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Danish

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Etymology

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

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

  1. tonne, metric ton (unit of weight, equivalent to 1000 kilograms)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch tonne, Old Dutch tunna, from Medieval Latin tunna.[1]

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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.

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  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “ton1”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press

Elfdalian

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ton f

  1. toe

Finnish

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Pronoun

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ton

  1. (colloquial) genitive singular of toi
  2. (colloquial) accusative singular of toi

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Franco-Provençal

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Etymology

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tum. Doublet of tin (possessive pronoun).

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ton (feminine ta, masculine plural tos or tes, feminine plural tes) (ORB, broad)

  1. your (second-personal singular possessor)

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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

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  • ton in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • ton in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Old French ton, tos, from Latin tuus.

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ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

  1. (possessive) your
    Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre ?
    Did you remember to bring your book?
    Ton écriture est jolie.
    Your writing is pretty.
    J'aime beaucoup ton manteau.
    I really like your coat.
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Ton is used before all singular nouns beginning with a vowel or a mute H, even those that are feminine. However, ta is used with singular feminine nouns beginning with an aspirated H.

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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
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man, tan, san. These are extremely rare.

Etymology 2

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

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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! (I don’t like the way you are talking to me!)
  4. tone, shade (of colour)
    Différents tons de rouge.
    Several shades of red.
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  • Haitian Creole: ton
  • → Turkish: ton

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Friulian

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Etymology 1

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

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ton m (plural tons)

  1. thunder
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Etymology 2

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

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ton m (plural tons)

  1. tuna

Etymology 3

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

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ton m (plural tons)

  1. tone

Fula

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Alternative forms

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  • (Pulaar) to

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).

Adverb

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ton

  1. (Pular) there, over there
    Hammadi Sammba ko leydi Funnaange iwi. Wolarɓe Labe ɓen kadi ko ton iwi.
    Hammadi Samba came from a region situated in the East. The Wolarɓe of Labe also came from over there.

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Haitian Creole

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Etymology 1

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From French ton.

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ton

  1. tone

Etymology 2

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From French thon.

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ton

  1. tuna

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  • Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[3], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 192

Hausa

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English ton.

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tôn m

  1. ton (unit of weight)

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch ton, from Middle Dutch tonne, from Old French [Term?], from Latin tunna, tonna, itself from a Celtic word cognate to Irish tonn (“skin”).

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ton (plural ton-ton)

  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) a thousand rupiah
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  • tan (Standard Malay)
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch toon, from Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

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ton (plural ton-ton)

  1. alternative form of tona (“tone”)

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Irish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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ton m (genitive singular toin, nominative plural toin)

  1. (biology, literature, music) tone

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Declension of ton (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative ton toin
vocative a thoin a thona
genitive toin ton
dative ton toin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an ton na toin
genitive an toin na dton
dative leis an ton
don ton 		leis na toin

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of ton
radical lenition eclipsis
ton thon dton

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

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology

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Derived from English turn.

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ton

  1. to turn

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  • ton at majstro.com

Japanese

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Romanization

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ton

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とん

Kamkata-viri

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *tapnas (“cloth, fabric”), from Proto-Indo-European *temp- (“to stretch”).[1]

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ton m (Western, Northeastern, Southeastern)[2][3]

  1. homespun wool cloth

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  1. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2025). The Diversification of Indo-Iranian and the Position of the Nuristani Languages. Wiesbaden: Reichert.
  2. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016), “t′on”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon‎[2]
  3. ^ Halfmann, Jakob (2024). A Grammatical Description of the Katë Language (Nuristani) (PhD thesis). Köln: Universität zu Köln.

Lower Tanana

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Athabaskan *tan, and therefore cognate with Ahtna taan, Navajo -TĄ́, Wailaki taŋ.

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ton

  1. A classificatory root for elongated objects and enclosed containers, with a wide variety of extended meanings
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Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Momentaneous tiyh tonh tiɬ tiɬ
Neuter tonh ton' tiɬ ton'
Perambulative tiyh — — —
Customary tiyh tiyh tiyh tiyh
Persistive tix tix tix tix
Continuative tenh tenh tenh tenh
Distributive tenh tenh tenh tenh
Progressive tiɬ — — —
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Athabaskan *taˑŋ. Cognate with Ahtna taan.

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ton

  1. to be thick
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Aspect Imperfective Perfective Future Optative
Neuter tonh ton' tiɬ ton'
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Middle English

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Etymology

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    From Old English tān; equivalent to to +‎ -en (plural suffix).

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    ton

    1. plural of to (“toe”)

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    tōn

    1. inflection of tōh:
      1. weak accusative masculine/feminine singular
      2. weak genitive/dative/instrumental masculine/feminine/neuter singular
      3. weak nominative/accusative masculine/feminine/neuter plural

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

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    From Latin tuus, tuum.

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    ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

    1. your (second-person singular possessive)

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    Old Javanese

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    Etymology

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    Unknown. Cognate of Indonesian tonton.

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    ton

    1. to see
    2. to look

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    Further reading

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

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    Etymology

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    From Latin thunnus.

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

    1. tuna (fish)

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    Polish

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    Etymology 1

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      Learned borrowing from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tónos, from *ten-.

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      ton m inan (related adjective tonowy)

      1. (linguistics, music) tone
        Synonyms: barwa, brzmienie, zabarwienie
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      Declension of ton
      singular plural
      nominative ton tony
      genitive tonu tonów
      dative tonowi tonom
      accusative ton tony
      instrumental tonem tonami
      locative tonie tonach
      vocative tonie tony
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      adjectives
      adverbs
      nouns
      verbs

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        Borrowed from German Ton.

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        ton m inan (related adjective tonowy)

        1. white clay used for painting walls (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
          Hypernym: glina
          • 1948, Tadeusz Borowski, “Pożegnanie z Marią”, in Pożegnanie z Marią: Opowiadania‎[4], Warszawa: Spółdzielnia Wydawnicza "Wiedza", page 21:
            [...] firma budowlana zaś sprzedawała, tak chłopom jak inżynierom, mokry ton, skamieniały cement, mieszała wapno z wodą, a lepik z piaskiem,[...]
            ... whereas the construction company sold, to farmers as well as to engineers, wet clay and hardened cement, mixed lime with water and cement with sand...
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        Declension of ton
        singular plural
        nominative ton tony
        genitive tonu tonów
        dative tonowi tonom
        accusative ton tony
        instrumental tonem tonami
        locative tonie tonach
        vocative tonie tony

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        • “ton”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[5] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • “ton”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[6] (in Polish)

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        Etymology 1

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        Borrowed from French thon.

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        ton m (plural toni)

        1. tuna
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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative ton tonul toni tonii
        genitive-dative ton tonului toni tonilor
        vocative tonule tonilor

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

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        ton n (plural tonuri)

        1. tone
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        singular plural
        indefinite definite indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative ton tonul tonuri tonurile
        genitive-dative ton tonului tonuri tonurilor
        vocative tonule tonurilor
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        tȏn m inan (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

        1. tone

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        Declension of ton
        singular plural
        nominative tȏn tónovi
        genitive tȏna tónōvā
        dative tȏnu tónovima
        accusative tȏn tónove
        vocative tȏne tónovi
        locative tónu tónovima
        instrumental tȏnom tónovima

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        • “ton”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

        Skolt Sami

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Samic *tonë.

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        ton

        1. you (singular)

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        Declension of ton
        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 — —

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        • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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

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        ton m (uncountable)

        1. clipping of tono

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        Etymology 1

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        Borrowed from English ton. First attested in 1795.

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        ton n

        1. tonne, metric ton (one thousand kilograms)
          En bil väger ofta mellan ett och två ton
          A car often weighs between one and two tonnes [1000–2000 kilograms]
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        Declension of ton
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite ton tons
        definite tonnet tonnets
        plural indefinite ton tons
        definite tonnen tonnens
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        Etymology 2

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        From Latin tonus.

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        ton c

        1. a tone (sound of a particular frequency)
        2. (music) tone (interval)
        3. tone (manner of speaking (or communicating more generally))
          Han sa det med en arg ton
          He said it with an angry tone
          att hålla god ton
          to avoid personal attacks and the like
          (literally, “to keep good tone [idiomatic]”)
        4. tone, shade (of color)
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        Declension of ton
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite ton tons
        definite tonen tonens
        plural indefinite toner toners
        definite tonerna tonernas
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        Ter Sami

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        Etymology

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        From Proto-Samic *tonë.

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        ton

        1. you (singular)

        Further reading

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        • Eino Koponen, Klaas Ruppel, Kirsti Aapala, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

        Ternate

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        ton

        1. alternative form of toni (“flying fish”)

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

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        Etymology 1

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        Borrowed from French ton (“tone”), from Latin tonus (“stretching of a rope”), ultimately from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”).

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        ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

        1. (music) tone, the character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice
          Synonyms: ötüm, titrem
        2. tone, a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings and emotions
        3. (colors) tone, hue, tint, the shade or degree of darkness and brightness of a color
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        Declension of ton
        singular plural
        nominative ton tonlar
        definite accusative tonu tonları
        dative tona tonlara
        locative tonda tonlarda
        ablative tondan tonlardan
        genitive tonun tonların
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        Etymology 2

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        Inherited from Ottoman Turkish طون (ton), from French tonne, from Latin tunna.

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        ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

        1. tonne, metric ton, a unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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        Declension of ton
        singular plural
        nominative ton tonlar
        definite accusative tonu tonları
        dative tona tonlara
        locative tonda tonlarda
        ablative tondan tonlardan
        genitive tonun tonların
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        Etymology 3

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        Borrowed from French thon, from Latin thunnus, itself from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos, “tuna”).

        Noun

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        ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

        1. ellipsis of ton balığı (“tuna”)
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        Declension of ton
        singular plural
        nominative ton tonlar
        definite accusative tonu tonları
        dative tona tonlara
        locative tonda tonlarda
        ablative tondan tonlardan
        genitive tonun tonların
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        Etymology 4

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        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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        ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

        1. alternative form of don (“underpants; pants; shorts”)
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        Declension of ton
        singular plural
        nominative ton tonlar
        definite accusative tonu tonları
        dative tona tonlara
        locative tonda tonlarda
        ablative tondan tonlardan
        genitive tonun tonların

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        Volapük

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        Noun

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        ton (genitive tona, plural tons)

        1. sound

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        Declension of ton
        Singular Plural
        Nominative ton tons
        Genitive tona tonas
        Dative tone tones
        Accusative toni tonis
        Predicative1 tonu tonus
        Vocative o ton o tons
        1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

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        Pronunciation

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        Etymology 1

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        From Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Brythonic *tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tundā.

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        ton f (plural tonnau)

        1. wave, billow
          Synonym: gwaneg
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        Etymology 2

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        Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface”), from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *tend- ~ *temh₁- (“to cut”).

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        ton m (plural tonnau, diminutive tonnen)

        1. lea, unploughed land, turf
        2. skin, rind, crust
          Synonyms: croen, crofen, crystyn, pil
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        Mutation

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        Mutated forms of ton
        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.

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        • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “ton”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
        • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “ton”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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        Pronoun

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        ton

        1. Second person dual subject (medial position)
          you two
        2. Second person plural subject (medial position)
          you (three or more)
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        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 —
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