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ton en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /tʌn/
• /tʊn/ (Ireland, Northern-England)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Variant of tun (“cask”), influenced by Old French tonne (“ton”).

Meanings

1. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun ▸ The short ton of 2000 pounds (about 907 kg), 20 hundredweights of 100 pounds avoirdupois each.
2. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun ▸ The long ton of 2240 pounds (about 1016 kg), 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
3. Any of various units of mass, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun ▸ The metric ton of 1000 kilograms (about 2205 lb), 10 quintals of 100 kilograms each.
4. Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun ▸ The measurement ton of (US) 40 or (UK) 42 cubic feet (about 1.1 or 1.2 m³).
5. Any of various units of volume, originally notionally equal to the contents of a tun ▸ The register ton of 100 cubic feet (about 2.83 m³).
6. (figuratively) Any large, excessive, or overwhelming amount of anything.
   • I've got tons of work to do.
   • I’ve got a ton of work to do.
7. A unit of thermal power equal to 12,000 BTU/h (about 3.5 kW), approximating the idealized rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of 1 short ton of ice per day at 0°C.
   • Their main problem is that they somehow believe that a 12-ton unit can handle this entire building.
8. (UK, colloquial) Synonym of hundred ▸ 100 pounds sterling.
9. (UK, colloquial, usually) Synonym of hundred ▸ 100 points.
10. (UK, colloquial) Synonym of hundred ▸ 100 runs.
11. (UK, colloquial) Synonym of hundred ▸ A speed of 100 mph (160 km/h).
    • Neil: How fast can this thing go then, do you reckon? Simon: Well, it's the special edition, so I reckon it could probably top a ton. Neil: Bollocks! 2008, Damon Beesley, Iain Morris, “Caravan Club”, in The Inbetweeners, Series 1, Episode 5, E4:
    • Speed along the lane / Do a ton or a ton and twenty-five 1970, Mungo Jerry, “In The Summertime”, in In The Summertime:
    • So the old Rocker gets out his bike To make a ton before he takes his leave. 1976, “Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die”, in Ian Anderson (lyrics), Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die!, performed by Jethro Tull:
    • The HSDT team, however, had some work to do, although by the end of 1972 the power car interior had been adjusted and BR had agreed to 'double-manning' with extra pay when speeds topped the ton. 2021 October 6, Greg Morse, “A need for speed and the drive for 125”, in RAIL, number 941, page 50:

Forms

Deriveds

ton of TNT · by the ton · short ton · ton-mile · ton-up · a ton · gross register ton · megaton · half-ton · register ton · freight ton · kiloton · butt-ton · tonner · ton mileage · weigh a ton · tonload · fuckton · thanks a ton · net register ton · deadweight ton · cubic ton · teraton · hit like a ton of bricks · long ton · multiton · petaton · asston · yottaton · shipping ton · crapton · ton of refrigeration · shitton · Prussian ton · like a ton of bricks · zettaton · measurement ton · displacement ton · hoppus ton · foot-ton · ton mile · available ton mile · metric ton · exaton · gigaton · assay ton

Descendants

tane · tone

Relateds

tonelada

Synonyms

bumload · helluvalot · multiplicity · mountain · lot · ton · TR · crapload · century · fuckwad · sum · bellyload · metric fuckton · bucketful · fuckton · truckload · pile · muckle · megagram · mass · mickle · wagonload · metric ton · busload · load · abundance · buttload · spadeloads · gob · trainload · horseload · cartload · lashings · metric shitload · shitton · shitflood · ton of refrigeration · shitton · hantle · superflux · bucketload · fuckload · mampus · battalion · shedload · slew · sight · heap · vaultful · fuckton · RT · crapflood · butt-ton · many · refrigeration ton · hecatomb · tun · assload · brimful · shitful · shitload · multitude · great deal · tonne · boatload · tonne · deal · ream · arseload

Translations (104)

cmn 公噸 /公吨 (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · mn тонн (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ru то́нна (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hu rengeteg (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · es a patadas (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · lv tonna (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · cmn 噸 /吨 (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · bg тон (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sw tani (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hu (egy) halom (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · eo tuno (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fi tonni (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · da ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ky тонна (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · km តូន (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · et tonn (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sv ton (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · hu (egy) rakás (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · sk tona (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fi satku (slang: £100) · az ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fi huntti (slang: £100) · fr tonne (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · ar طُن (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sv tonvis (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · es a punta de pala (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · nb tonn (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · lo ຕັນ (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · mn ᠲ᠋ᠣᠨ (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · uz tonna (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fi satanen (slang: £100) · ja トン (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · es tonelada (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · it tonnellata (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · el τόνος (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ur ٹَن (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fi läjäpäin (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · he טוֹנָה (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · tk tonna (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · nl ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · lo ໂຕນ (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · th ตัน (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · es a mansalva (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · kk тонна (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · id ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sl ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · tl tonelada (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · prs تَن (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · my တန် (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fr tonne (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sq ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sh то̏на (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ps ټن (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hu száz mérföld per óra (slang: speed of 100 mph) · ms tan (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hy տոննա (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · pt tonelada (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ru куча (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · th โตน (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · nod ᨲᩢ᩠ᨶ (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ka ტონა (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · es a porrillo (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · cs tuna (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · uk то́нна (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · nrf tonné (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · tt тонна (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sv ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · tr ton (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · si ටොන් (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · es a cascoporro (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · sq tonelatë (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · sh tȍna (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · es a base de bien (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · nod ᨲᩰᩫ᩠ᨶ (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · tt тонн (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fr flopée (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · de Tonne (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ro tonă (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fa-ira تُن (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · is tonn (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · fo tons (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ko 톤 (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · km តោន (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · mk тон (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · yo tọ́ọ̀nù (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · lt tona (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · io tuno (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · yi טאַן (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hu száz font (slang: £100) · pl tona (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · ug توننا (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hu tonna (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hu egy csomó (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · tl tone-tonelada (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · be то́на (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · es a espuertas (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount) · tg тонна (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · he טוֹן (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · khb ᦎᦷᧃ (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · vi tấn (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · hi टन (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · khb ᦎᧃ (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · bn টন (various units of mass notionally equivalent to a tun) · es a cholón (any hyperbolically or oppressively large amount)

wikidata: Q191118 · wikidata: Q667419 · wikidata: Q3332689 · wikidata: Q469356

ton en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɒn/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /tɔ̃/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French ton (“manner”), from Latin tonus. Doublet of tone, tune, and tonus.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) Fashion, the current style, the vogue.
   • A clergyman cannot be high in state or fashion. He must not head mobs, or set the ton in dress. 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter IX, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 191:
   • If our people of ton are selfish, at any rate they show they are selfish. 1857–1859, W[illiam] M[akepeace] Thackeray, The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1858–1859, →OCLC:
2. (uncountable) Fashionable society; those in style.
   • [S]he thought herself incapable of being flattered by the attentions of a man she despised, because he was the reigning idol of the ton […]. 1790, Amelia Opie, chapter 13, in Dangers of Coquetry, volume I:
   • The party might consist of thirty three Of highest caste—the Brahmins of the ton. 1823 December 17, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XII.—XIII.—and XIV., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XIII, (please specify the stanza number):
   • He had no plans to marry. Ever. And there wasn’t much point in attending ton parties if one wasn’t looking for a wife. 2000, Julia Quinn, The Duke and I (Bridgerton):
   • Pen was somewhat older than many of his fellow-students, and there was that about his style and appearance, which, as we have said, was rather haughty and impertinent, that stamped him as a man of ton—very unlike those pale students who were talking law to one another, and those ferocious dandies, in rowing shirts and astonishing pins and waistcoats, who represented the idle part of the little community. 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 30, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849, →OCLC:

Deriveds

tonish

Relateds

haut ton · bon ton

ton en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. Synonym of tunny, particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel.

Forms

Relateds

pros ton kairon

Synonyms

tunny · particularly the common tunny or horse mackerel