tonnage

== English == === Etymology === From Old French tonnage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʌnɪd͡ʒ/ === Noun === tonnage (countable and uncountable, plural tonnages) The number of tons of water that a floating ship displaces. The capacity of a ship's hold etc in units of 100 cubic feet. The number of tons of bombs dropped in a particular region over a particular period of time. A charge made on each ton of cargo when landed etc. The total shipping of a fleet or nation. A weight in tons, especially of cargo or freight. ==== Synonyms ==== (ships, shipping): tunnage ==== Coordinate terms ==== (charge per ton): cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, wharfage ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === negaton == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French tonnage. Later influenced by English tonnage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌtɔˈnaː.ʒə/ Hyphenation: ton‧na‧ge Rhymes: -aːʒə === Noun === tonnage f (uncountable, no diminutive) tonnage (water displacement of a ship measured in tons) tonnage (cargo capacity of a ship's hold) ==== Descendants ==== → Indonesian: tonase ==== See also ==== waterverplaatsing == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French. By surface analysis, tonne +‎ -age, tonneau +‎ -age. However, the Old French word referred to a type of feudal tax, and the modern nautical meanings are a seventeenth-century semantic loan from English tonnage. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ.naʒ/ === Noun === tonnage m (plural tonnages) tonnage ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: tonnage → German: Tonnage → Swedish: tonnage → Turkish: tonaj === Further reading === “tonnage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012