Alternative form of taum; form removed with the spelling reform of 2012;superseded bytaum
Derived terms
fortom
References
“tom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
mot, t.o.m.
Oksapmin
Noun
tom
water
References
Robyn Loughnane, A Grammar of Oksapmin (April 2009), page 58
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic*tōmaz(“empty”). Akin to Old Norsetómr(“empty”), whence Icelandictómur(“empty”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /toːm/
Adjective
tōm
empty
(figuratively) free from
Declension
Descendants
Middle English: tome, tom, toume, tombe
English: toom
Scots: tume, tuim
Polish
Etymology
From Latintomus, from Ancient Greekτόμος(tómos).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [t̪ɔ̃m]
Noun
tomm inan
volume (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format)
Declension
Further reading
tom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
tom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latintonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanishton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greekτόνος(tónos, “tone”), from τείνω(teínō, “I stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tõ/
Hyphenation: tom
Rhymes: -õ
Noun
tomm (pluraltons)
tone or pitch(property of sound determined by the frequency)
round hillock or knoll, rising ground, swell, green eminence
any round heap
tuft of anything
bush, thicket
anthill
(Islay) stool
volume of a book
bank
grave
(medicine, rare) the plague
conical knoll
Slovene
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tóːm/
Noun
tọ̑mm inan
tome
Inflection
See also
zvézek
Further reading
“tom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norsetómr.
Pronunciation
(Sweden) IPA(key): /tum/
Adjective
tom
empty
Declension
Antonyms
full
Related terms
Etymology 2
Used in Swedish since 1697. From Frenchtome, Latintomus(“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greekτόμος(tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω(témnō, “I cut, separate”). Cognate with Englishtome.
Pronunciation
(Sweden) IPA(key): /toːm/
Noun
tomc
a tome, a volume in a series of books, a (thick) book
Declension
Related terms
tomtals
References
tom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
tom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams
mot
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norsetómr(“empty,”) from Proto-Germanic*tōmaz, of unknown origin.
Adjective
tom (neutertomt)
Empty.
Bare.
Hungry, stingy.
Derived terms
tommen
tommom
tåomång
tom-hunn
See also
santom
tommäs
Zuni
Pronoun
tom
Second person singular possessive (medial position)