tonne

== English == === Alternative forms === t (abbreviation) === Etymology === From French tonne. Doublet of ton and tun. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /tʌn/, /tʊn/, /tɒn/, /tʌniː/, enPR: tŭn, to͝on, tŏn, tŭnē (US) IPA(key): /tʌn/, enPR: tŭn Homophones: ton, tun, tunny Rhymes: -ʌn, -ʊn, -ɒn === Noun === tonne (plural tonnes) (chiefly outside US) A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. Alternative forms: T, t, MT (symbols) Synonyms: metric ton (chiefly US), metric tonne, megagram, Mg ==== Usage notes ==== Even in British and Commonwealth use, the Americanism metric ton is sometimes employed where confusion might arise with the traditional English tons of 2000 or 2240 pounds. Alternatively, variant pronunciations of tonne have been promoted to help clarify its meaning. In particular, the British steel industry advocated for the pronunciation /ˈtʌni/ ("tunnie") during the 1970s and /tɒn/ (rhyming with "Don") is sometimes used for the same purpose. ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === Tenno, nonet, tenno, tenon == Estonian == === Noun === tonne partitive plural of tonn == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtonːeˣ/, [ˈt̪o̞nːe̞(ʔ)] Rhymes: -onːe Syllabification(key): ton‧ne Hyphenation(key): ton‧ne === Adverb === tonne (colloquial) (of movement) alternative form of tuonne (“there (when the speaker points at the place)”) === Further reading === “tonne”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023 === Anagrams === neton, onnet == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔn/ === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin tunna, tonna, itself from a Celtic word cognate to Irish tonn. ==== Noun ==== tonne f (plural tonnes) tonne, metric ton ton ===== Derived terms ===== en faire des tonnes ===== Descendants ===== → Persian: تن (ton) ==== Verb ==== tonne inflection of tonner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Etymology 2 === Compare tonnelet (English tonlet). ==== Noun ==== tonne f (plural tonnes) (historical) a tonlet; a piece of medieval European armor of articulated lames or long flared metal skirt protecting the hips and thighs === Further reading === “tonne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Neapolitan == === Adjective === tonne f pl feminine plural of tunno == Woccon == === Etymology === Compare Catawba nepe(ⁿ), nəpe(ⁿ), nepaⁿ, dəpe(ⁿ), dapa(ⁿ), dəpən, dube. Compare also noponne, which features in the word for "ten". Two Proto-Siouan roots for "one" can be reconstructed: Proto-Siouan-Catawban *nǫ(ːsa), rǫ(ːsa) (apparently whence this word) and *wįyą, each one found in one branch and almost entirely missing from the other. (*nǫ is importantly also found in Quapaw hi nǫxtį "once, one time", where -xtį is the morpheme denoting "_ times".) === Numeral === tonne one === References === A Vocabulary of Woccon →ISBN, extracted from A New Voyage to Carolina by John Lawson