ton

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ton

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

English

This solid concrete block weighs one metric ton.

This Smart car weighs roughly one short ton.

Etymology 1

Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“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 (plural tons)

1. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun, particularly:
   1. The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
   2. The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
   3. The metric ton of 1000 kilograms, 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.

   Synonyms: tonne, metric ton, megagram

2. 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).
3. (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lot

   I’ve got a ton of work to do.

   I've got tons of work to do.

4. (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.
5. (colloquial, chiefly UK) Synonym of hundred, particularly
   1. 100 pounds sterling.
   2. (darts, snooker, etc.) 100 points.

      Synonym: tonne

   3. (cricket) 100 runs.

      Synonym: century

   4. A speed of 100 mph.
      • 1970, Mungo Jerry (lyrics and music), “In The Summertime”, in In The Summertime:

        Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five

      • 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.

6. (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ 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: طُن m (ṭun) ((plural:) أَطْنَان m pl (ʔaṭnān))
• Armenian: տոննա (hy) (tonna)
• Azerbaijani: ton (az)
• Belarusian: то́на f (tóna)
• Bengali: টন (bn) (ṭon)
• Bulgarian: тон (bg) m (ton)
• Burmese: တန် (my) (tan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 噸／吨 (zh) (dūn, dùn), 公噸／公吨 (zh) (gōngdūn, gōngdùn)

• Czech: tuna (cs) f
• Danish: ton (da) n or c
• Dutch: ton (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: tuno
• Estonian: tonn (et)
• Faroese: tons n
• 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: tonna f
• Lithuanian: tona (lt) f
• Lü: ᦎᧃ (ṫan), ᦎᦷᧃ (ṫon)
• Macedonian: тон m (ton)
• Malay: tan (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: тонн (mn) (tonn)

  Mongolian: ᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ (ton)

• Norman: tonné f
• Northern Thai: ᨲᩢ᩠ᨶ, ᨲᩰᩫ᩠ᨶ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tonn n

• Pashto: ټن m (ṭan)
• Persian:

  Dari: تَن (fa) (tan)

  Iranian Persian: تُن (fa) (ton)

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

  Cyrillic: то̏на f

  Roman: tȍna (sh) f

• Sinhalese: ටොන් (ṭon)
• Slovak: tona f
• Slovene: ton (sl) m
• Spanish: tonelada (es) f
• Swahili: tani class n
• 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 — see short ton

long ton — see long ton

metric ton — see metric ton

measurement ton — see measurement ton

register ton — see register ton

any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount

• Finnish: läjäpäin
• French: tonne (fr) f, flopée (fr) f
• Hungarian: rengeteg (hu), (egy) rakás, (egy) halom, egy csomó
• 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: száz mérföld per óra, óránként száz mérföld(-es sebesség)

slang: £100

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

Etymology 2

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

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, the vogue.
   • 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 191:

     A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in 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, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:

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

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.

Derived terms

• tonish

Related terms

• bon ton
• haut ton

Etymology 3

Noun

ton (plural tons)

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

See also

• pros ton kairon (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

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

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French thon.

Noun

ton

1. tuna

Catalan

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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

1. your (singular)

Usage notes

• 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.

See also

• teu

References

• “ton” in Diccionari 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 of tondre:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Chuukese

Noun

ton

1. torch

Crimean Tatar

Noun

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

1. fur coat

Derived terms

• şontuq ton: short fur

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Noun

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

1. ton (unit of weight)

See also

• kilo, kilogram, kg

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: ton
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• karnton
• regenton
• tonnage
• waterton

Descendants

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

Finnish

Pronoun

ton

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

Anagrams

• -nto

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

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

Determiner

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

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

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

Determiner

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.

Usage notes

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.

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

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

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

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

 

Descendants

• → Turkish: ton

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• ont

Friulian

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ton m (plural tons)

1. thunder

Related terms

• tonâ

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ton m (plural tons)

1. tuna

Etymology 3

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

Noun

ton m (plural tons)

1. tone

Fula

Alternative forms

• (Pulaar) to

Etymology

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

Adverb

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.

Usage notes

• Used anaphorically

References

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French thon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃/

Noun

ton

1. tuna

Hausa

Etymology

Borrowed from English ton.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tôn m

1. ton (unit of weight)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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”).

Noun

ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)

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.

Alternative forms

• tan (Standard Malay)

Related terms

• tonase

 

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ton (first-person possessive tonku, second-person possessive tonmu, third-person possessive tonnya)

1. alternative form of tona (“tone”)

Further reading

• “ton” in Kamus 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

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

Noun

ton m (genitive singular toin, nominative plural toin)

1. (biology, literature, music) tone

Declension

Declension of ton (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative ton toin vocative a thoin a thona genitive toin ton dative ton toin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an ton na toin genitive an toin na dton dative leis an ton don ton leis na toin

Derived terms

• aontonach (“monotonous; monotonic”, adj)
• aontonacht f (“monotonicity”)
• aonton m (“monotone”)
• hipeartonach (“hypertonic”, adj)
• hipeartonacht f (“hypertonicity”)
• iltonach (“polytonal”, adj)
• tonúil (“tonal”, adj)

 

Mutation

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

Etymology

Derived from English turn.

Verb

ton

1. to turn
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 23:28:

     Jiizas ton roun an se tu dem […]

     Jesus turning unto them said […]

Further reading

• ton at majstro.com

Japanese

Romanization

ton

1. Rōmaji transcription of とん

Middle English

Etymology

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

Noun

ton

1. plural of to (“toe”)

Old French

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Latin tuus, tuum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tun/
• Rhymes: -on

Determiner

ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)

1. your (second-person singular possessive)

Descendants

• French: ton

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate of Indonesian tonton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ton/
• Rhymes: -ton

Verb

ton

1. to see
2. to look

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

From Latin thunnus.

Noun

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

1. tuna (fish)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “thynnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 13: T–Ti, page 318

Polish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: ton

Noun

ton m inan

1. (linguistics, music) tone

   Synonyms: barwa, brzmienie, zabarwienie

Declension

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

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

• ton in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• ton in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French thon.

Noun

ton m (plural toni)

1. tuna

Declension

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

ton n (plural tonuri)

1. tone

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ton	tonul		tonuri	tonurile
genitive-dative	ton	tonului		tonuri	tonurilor
vocative	tonule			tonurilor

Related terms

• tonal

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tôːn/

Noun

tȏn m (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)

1. tone

Declension

Declension of ton

	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

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

Pronoun

ton

1. you (singular)

Inflection

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	—	—

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

ton m (uncountable)

1. Clipping of tono.

Further reading

• “ton”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ton. First attested in 1795.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

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]

Declension

Declension of ton

		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

From Latin tonus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːn/
• Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of ton

		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

• ton in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ton in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• not, ont

Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-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 of toni (“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

Borrowed from French ton.

Noun

ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

1. tone (all senses)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French tonne.

Noun

ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

1. tonne, metric ton

Etymology 3

Borrowed from French thon.

Noun

ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)

1. tuna

   Synonym: ton balığı

Volapük

Noun

ton (nominative plural tons)

1. sound

Declension

declension of ton

	singular	plural
nominative	ton	tons
genitive	tona	tonas
dative	tone	tones
accusative	toni	tonis
vocative 1	o ton!	o tons!
predicative 2	tonu	tonus

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Etymology 1

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

Noun

ton f (plural tonnau)

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

Noun

ton m (plural tonnau)

1. lea, unploughed land
2. skin, rind, crust

   Synonyms: croen, crofen, crystyn, pil

Derived terms

• tondir
• marwdon (“dandruff”)

Mutation

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.

Zuni

Pronoun

ton

1. Second person dual subject (medial position)

   you two

2. Second person plural subject (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	—