tome

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See also: Tome, tomé, Tomé, and -tome

English

Etymology

From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tome (plural tomes)

  1. One in a series of volumes.
  2. A large or scholarly book.
    Synonym: (humorous) doorstop
    The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
    • 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎:
      And Sam presents Tyrion with A Song Of Ice And Fire, a tome in which Tyrion’s own role, far from that of the clever hero or Machiavellian snake, doesn’t even exist.
    • 2023 April 20, Casey Schwartz, “Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again”, in The Washington Post‎:
      One senses, picking up Twenge’s tome — 515 pages before you get to the appendix — an attempt to quell past criticisms. “I see this book as my magnum opus,” she said.

Translations

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Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

tome

  1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tomar

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin tomus.

Pronunciation

Noun

tome m (plural tomes)

  1. tome, volume
  2. section
  3. subaltern
Descendants
  • → English: tome
  • → Romanian: tom
  • → Russian: том m (tom)

Etymology 2

tome / tomme de Savoie

Borrowed from Franco-Provençal tôma, of obscure origin.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

tome f (plural tomes)

  2. a variety of mountain cheese

Further reading

References

  • Oxford University Press (2016): The Oxford Companion to Cheese

Galician

Verb

tome

  1. inflection of tomar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Japanese

Romanization

tome

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とめ

Latin

Noun

tome m

  1. vocative singular of tomus

References

  • “tome”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tome in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English tōm and Old Norse tómr, both from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, clear, empty”).

Adjective

tome

  1. empty, hollow
Alternative forms
Descendants

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tom (“leisure, ease”). Compare Icelandic tóm (“empty space; leisure”).

Noun

tome (uncountable)

  1. free time, leisure
Alternative forms
Descendants

References

Etymology 3

Adjective

tome

  1. (Southwest, southern West Midlands) Alternative form of tame (“tame”)

Nias

Noun

tome (mutated form dome)

  1. guest

References

  • Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 219.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

tome

  1. (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tom
  2. (non-standard since 2012) plural of tom

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: to‧me

Verb

tome

  1. inflection of tomar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

tome

  1. inflection of tomar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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