Ton

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Synonyms 1.1.2 Translations 1.1.2.1 Translations to be checked 1.1.3 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 3 French 3.1 Homophones 3.2 Possessive pronoun 3.3 Noun 4 German 4.1 Noun 5 Swedish 5.1 Noun

English

Noun

ton (plural tons)

1. A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds in the UK and 2000 pounds in the United States
2. (colloquial; also in plural tons) A large amount.

   I've got a ton of work to do.

3. (slang) A speed of 100 miles per hour
4. (slang) One-hundred pounds sterling
5. (cricket) One-hundred runs.

Synonyms

• (large amount): heap, load, pile
• (one-hundred runs): century

Translations

unit of weight

*French: tonne (f)

large amount

French: tas m

speed of 100 mph

£100

one-hundred runs See century

Translations to be checked

The translations below need to be checked by native speakers and inserted into the appropriate table(s) above. The numbering is unreliable.

• Finnish: tonni (1, 2)
• Swedish: ton (1,2), tonvis (2)

See also

• Wikipedia article on the ton
• long ton
• metric ton (tonne)
• short ton

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Dutch

Noun

ton f (Plural: tonnen , diminutive: tonnetje )

1. barrel
2. 1000 kilograms
3. 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

4. A large amount.

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French

Homophones

• thon
• temps

Possessive pronoun

ton m (f ta, plural tes )

1. you (second-person singular, used to indicate ownership of masculine nouns or of feminine nouns beginning with a vowel or an aspirated h)

   Tu as pensé à prendre ton livre? - Do you think to take your book?

   Ton écriture est jolie . - Your writing is nice.

Noun

ton m (plural: tons)

1. tone (sound of a particular frequency)
2. (music) tone (interval)

   Il y a un ton entre do et ré - Doh and ray are separated by one tone.

3. tone (manner of speaking)

   Je n' aime pas le ton sur lequel tu me parles! - I don't like your tone! or I don't like the way you are talking to me!

4. tone, shade (of colour)

   Différents tons de rouge. - Several shades of red.

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German

Noun

Ton m

1. clay

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Swedish

Noun

ton n (plural ton, definite singular tonnet , definite plural tonnen )

1. metric ton

ton c (plural toner , definite singular tonen , definite plural tonerna )

1. tone (sound of a particular frequency)
2. (music) tone (interval)
3. tone (att hålla god ton = to behave well, also in presence of someone disliked)
4. tone, shade (of colour)