ton
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ton
Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).
ton (plural tons)
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Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.
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ton (uncountable)
ton (plural tons)
ton
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.
ton m (feminine ta, masculine plural tos, feminine plural tes)
The standard masculine plural form is tos, but tons can be found in some dialects.
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ton (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])
ton c or n (singular definite tonnet or tonnen, plural indefinite ton or tons, abbreviation t)
From Middle Dutch tonne, from Medieval Latin tunna.
ton f (plural tonnen, diminutive tonnetje n)
ton
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tum. Doublet of tin (possessive pronoun).
ton (feminine ta, masculine plural tos or tes, feminine plural tes) (ORB, broad)
Inherited from Old French ton, tos, from Latin tuus.
ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)
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.
Borrowed from Latin tonus. Doublet of tonus, a later borrowing.
ton m (plural tons)
From Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). Compare Italian tuono, Romansch tun, tung, Dalmatian tun, Romanian tun.
ton m (plural tons)
From Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos). Compare Italian tonno.
ton m (plural tons)
Ultimately borrowed from Latin tonus. Compare French ton, Italian tono.
ton m (plural tons)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
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tôn m
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”).
ton (uncountable)
From Dutch toon, from Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.
ton (uncountable)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
ton m (genitive singular toin, nominative plural toin)
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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ton
From Old English tān; equivalent to to + -en (plural suffix).
ton
From Latin tuus, tuum.
ton m (feminine ta, plural tes)
Unknown. Cognate of Indonesian tonton.
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ton m (oblique plural tons, nominative singular tons, nominative plural ton)
Learned borrowing from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tónos, from *ten-.
ton m inan
ton m (plural toni)
Borrowed from French ton, from Latin tonus. Doublet of tun.
ton n (plural tonuri)
tȏn m (Cyrillic spelling то̑н)
From Proto-Samic *tonë.
ton
Cognate with Santali dōŋ (“a dance connected with marriage”) and Mon doŋ (“to dance while under daemonic possession; to proceed by leaps”).
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ton m (uncountable)
Borrowed from English ton. First attested in 1795.
ton n
ton c
From Proto-Samic *tonë.
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ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)
ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)
ton (definite accusative tonu, plural tonlar)
ton (nominative plural tons)
From Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Brythonic *tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tundā.
ton f (plural tonnau)
Middle Welsh tonn, from Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface”), from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *tend- ~ *temh₁- (“to cut”).
ton m (plural tonnau)
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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