tome

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.
    The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.

Translations
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Anagrams

Asturian

Verb

tome

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

French

Etymology 1

From Latin tomus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tom/, /tɔm/

Noun

tome m (plural tomes)

  1. tome, volume
  2. section
  3. subaltern

Etymology 2

From Franco-Provençal tomme, likely from sense 1 in the sense of asking for a slice of cheese.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɔm/
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

tome f (plural tomes)

  1. A variety of mountain cheese

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

tome

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

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

tome

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tomar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of tomar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tomar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tomar

Spanish

Verb

tome

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of tomar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of tomar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of tomar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of tomar.
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