tonn

Estonian

Etymology

From Middle Low German tonne or German Tonne. See also tünn, which is loaned from an alternative form of the Low German word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonʲː/

Noun

tonn (genitive tonni, partitive tonni)

1. ton, tonne

   See kamakas kaalub kaks tonni!

   This slab weighs two tonnes!

2. (colloquial, of currency) thousand, grand

   Mul istub pangas viis tonni.

   I have five grand sitting in the bank.

Declension

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔnː/

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular tannar, plural tenn)

1. tooth

Declension

Related terms

• tannsteinur
• sagtonn, sagartonn

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɑun̪ˠ/
• (Aran, Mayo) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔn̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige, Connemara) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʌn̪ˠ/

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular toinne, nominative plural tonnta)

1. wave
   • 2015 [2014], Will Collins, translated by Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, edited by Maura McHugh, Amhrán na Mara (fiction; paperback), Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Howth, Dublin: Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea (in English), →ISBN, page 2:

     Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.

Declension

Derived terms

• fuaimthonn
• síneastonn
• tonn tuile
• maidhm thoinne

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “tonn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian tonno and/or Sicilian tunnu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔnn/

Noun

tonn m (collective, singulative tonna, paucal tonniet)

1. tuna

Related terms

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Noun

tonn f (genitive singular , plural )

1. wave, billow

Derived terms

• tonnagh

Mutation

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

tonn

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna or tonnene)

1. a ton (usually a metric ton (1000 kg), but it can also refer to the British or American tons)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

Derived terms

• gigatonn

References

• “tonn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

tonn

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English ton.

Noun

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna)

1. a ton (as above)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

Derived terms

• gigatonn

Etymology 2

From Old Norse tǫnn.

Noun

tonn f (definite singular tonni, indefinite plural tenner, definite plural tennene)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of tann

References

• “tonn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• tond

Etymology 1

From Proto-Celtic *tundā (“wave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ton͈/

Noun

tonn f

1. wave
2. outpouring
3. sea
4. abundance
5. bog, swamp

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Irish: tonn
  • Irish: tonn
  • Manx: tonn
  • Scottish Gaelic: tonn

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *tondā (“surface, skin”).

Noun

tonn f

1. surface
2. land, earth
4. skin

Inflection

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔun̪ˠ/

Noun

tonn m (genitive tuinn or tuinne, plural tuinn or tonnan)

1. wave

Derived terms

• àmhainn meanbh-thonnach
• cumhachd nan tonn

Mutation

Tatar

Alternative forms

• tonna

Noun

tonn

1. ton (a unit of weight).

   26 meñ tonn = 26 thousand tons.

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German tanne, from Old High German tanna, from Proto-Germanic *dannǭ, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dʰonu (“fir”).

Noun

tonn f (plural tonna)

1. fir

Related terms

• tenna