Dictionary

tome en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• tōm (Received-Pronunciation)
• /toʊm/ (General-American)
• tōm (General-American)
• /təʊm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

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, “to cut, separate”).

Meanings

1. One in a series of volumes.
2. A large or scholarly book.
   • 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. 2023 April 20, Casey Schwartz, “Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again”, in The Washington Post:
   • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
   • 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. 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019:

Forms

Deriveds

microtome · tomelet · tomeful · monotome · hecatontome

Synonyms

doorstop

Translations (56)

ka ტომი (one in a series of volumes) · pt tomo (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · pt alfarrábio (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · fi osa (one in a series of volumes) · cmn 卷 (one in a series of volumes) · ca tom (one in a series of volumes) · pl tom (one in a series of volumes) · bg тухла (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · pl wolumin (one in a series of volumes) · sv lunta (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · bg том (one in a series of volumes) · sl tom (one in a series of volumes) · hy հատոր (one in a series of volumes) · fr pavé (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · is bindi (one in a series of volumes) · mk том (one in a series of volumes) · el τόμος (one in a series of volumes) · es librote (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · sl zvezek (one in a series of volumes) · mk свеска (one in a series of volumes) · es tocho (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · fi opus (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · cmn 大部頭 /大部头 (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · el τόμος (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · grc τόμος (one in a series of volumes) · es tomo (one in a series of volumes) · ru том (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · sv band (one in a series of volumes) · fi nidos (one in a series of volumes) · ca totxo (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · cmn 巨著 (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · ja 大著 (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · nl band (one in a series of volumes) · nl deel (one in a series of volumes) · it librone (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · sv tom (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · ja 大冊 (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · fr tome (one in a series of volumes) · de Wälzer (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · hu tómusz (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · io tomo (one in a series of volumes) · pl księga (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · ga mórleabhar (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · sv tom (one in a series of volumes) · pt tomo (one in a series of volumes) · fi teos (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · nn bind (one in a series of volumes) · es mamotreto (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · ru том (one in a series of volumes) · pt calhamaço (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · de Band (one in a series of volumes) · hu salabakter (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · nb bind (one in a series of volumes) · de Schinken (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop) · kk том (one in a series of volumes) · hu kötet (one in a series of volumes)