Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word ton. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in ton.
Definitions and meaning of ton
ton
Etymology 1
Variant of tun(“cask”), influenced by Old Frenchtonne(“ton”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʌn/
Rhymes: -ʌn
Noun
ton (pluraltons)
A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
A unit of volume; register ton.
In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
(colloquial, hyperbolic) A large amount.
I’ve got a ton of work to do.
I've got tons of work to do.
(slang) A speed of 100 mph.
(slang) One hundred pounds sterling.
(cricket) One hundred runs.
(darts, snooker, etc.) One hundred points scored.
Synonyms
(large amount):heap, load, pile
(one-hundred runs):century
See also Thesaurus:lot
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Frenchton(“manner”), from Latintonus. Doublet of tone, tune, andtonus.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /tɔ̃/, /tɒn/
Noun
ton (uncountable)
Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Byron to this entry?)
1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians
If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish.
From Old Occitanton, from Vulgar Latin*tum, reduced form of Latintuus, tuum, from Proto-Italic*towos. Compare Occitan and Frenchton.
In unstressed position in Vulgar Latin tuum, tuam etc. were monosyllabic and regularly became ton, ta etc. in Catalan. When stressed they were disyllabic and became teu, tua > teua etc.
The use of ton and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.
The standard masculine plural form is tos, but tons can be found in some dialects.
See also
teu
Chuukese
Noun
ton
torch
Crimean Tatar
Noun
ton
fur coat
Derived terms
şontuq ton: short fur
Danish
Etymology
From Englishton, variant of tun(“cask”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tʌn/
Rhymes: -ʌn
Noun
tonc or n (singular definitetonnetortonnen, plural indefinitetonortons, abbreviationt)
ton(unit of weight)
See also
kilo, kilogram, kg
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutchtonne.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɔn/
Hyphenation: ton
Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
tonf (pluraltonnen, diminutivetonnetjen)
barrel
ton(1000 kilograms)
100,000 of some monetary unit, particularly guilders
Dat zou zeker een ton kosten.
Dat zou zeker een ton euro kosten.
140.000 euro is bijna drie ton gulden
A large amount.
Hij leende tonnen met geld. - He borrowed large amounts of money.
Derived terms
karnton
regenton
tonnage
waterton
Finnish
Pronoun
ton
(colloquial)Genitive singular form of toi.
(colloquial)Accusative singular form of toi.
Anagrams
-nto
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɔ̃/
Homophone: thon
Etymology 1
From Old Frenchton, tos, from Latintuus, from Proto-Indo-European*towos.
Determiner
tonm
(possessive) Your, thy (used to qualify masculine nouns and before vowel).
Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre? — Did you think to take your book?
Ton écriture est jolie. — Your writing is nice.
Derived terms
tondit
Related terms
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latintonus. Doublet of tonus, a later borrowing.
Noun
tonm (pluraltons)
Tone (sound of a particular frequency).
(music) Tone (interval).
Il y a unton entre doetré — Doh and ray are separated by one tone.
Tone (manner of speaking).
Je n'aime pas leton sur lequel tu me parles! — I don’t like your tone! or I don’t like the way you are talking to me!
Tone, shade (of colour).
Différents tonsderouge. — Several shades of red.
Anagrams
ont
Further reading
“ton” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Etymology 1
From Latintonus, from Ancient Greekτόνος(tónos). Compare Italiantuono, Romanschtun, tung, Dalmatiantun, Romaniantun.
Noun
tonm (pluraltons)
thunder
Related terms
tonâ
Etymology 2
From Latinthunnus, from Ancient Greekθύννος(thúnnos). Compare Italiantonno.
Noun
tonm (pluraltons)
tuna
Etymology 3
Ultimately borrowed from Latintonus. Compare Frenchton, Italiantono.
Noun
tonm (pluraltons)
tone
Hausa
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishton.
Noun
tônm
ton(unit of weight)
Irish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “thynnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 131, page 318
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɔn/
Noun
tonm inan
(linguistics, music) tone
Declension
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Frenchthon.
Noun
tonm (pluraltoni)
tuna
Declension
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Frenchton, from Latintonus. Doublet of tun.
Noun
tonn (pluraltonuri)
tone
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tôːn/
Noun
tȏnm (Cyrillic spellingто̑н)
tone
Declension
Skolt Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic*tonë.
Pronoun
ton
you (singular)
Inflection
Further reading
Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Swedish
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtɔn/
Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
tonn
tonne
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈtuːn/
Rhymes: -uːn
Noun
tonc
tone (sound of a particular frequency)
(music) tone (interval)
tone (behaviour)
tone, shade (of colour)
Declension
Related terms
References
ton in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
not, ont
Ter Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic*tonë.
Pronoun
ton
you (singular)
Further reading
Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Volapük
Noun
ton (nominative pluraltons)
sound
Declension
Welsh
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /tɔn/
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tonf (pluraltonnau)
wave, billow
Derived terms
dan y don
meicrodon
ton Fecsicanaidd
ton sain
ton wres
tonfedd
tonffurf
toniad
toniant
tonnell
tonnog
tonnydd
tonyddol
Etymology 2
Middle Welshtonn, from Proto-Celtic*tondā(“surface”), from the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European*tend- ~ *temh₁-(“to cut”).