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
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: tōm, IPA(key): /təʊm/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) enPR: tōm, IPA(key): /toʊm/
- Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun
tome (plural tomes)
- One in a series of volumes.
- A large or scholarly book.
- Synonym: (humorous) doorstop
- The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
- 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club:
- 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.
Translations
one in a series of volumes
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large or scholarly book — See also translations at doorstop
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Anagrams
- Mote, mote
Asturian
Verb
tome
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tomar
French
Etymology 1
From Latin tomus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tom/, /tɔm/
Noun
tome m (plural tomes)
- tome, volume
- section
- subaltern
Descendants
- → English: tome
- → Russian: том m (tom)
Etymology 2
tome / tomme de Savoie
From Franco-Provençal tôma, of obscure origin.
Alternative forms
- tomme
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɔm/
- Rhymes: -ɔm
(file)
Noun
tome f (plural tomes)
- a variety of mountain cheese
Further reading
- “tome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
References
- Oxford University Press (2016): The Oxford Companion to Cheese
Galician
Verb
tome
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive of tomar
Japanese
Romanization
tome
- Rōmaji transcription of とめ
Latin
Noun
tome m
- 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
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English tōm and Old Norse tómr, both from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“free, clear, empty”).
Adjective
tome
- empty, hollow
Alternative forms
- tom, toume, tombe; toyme, tum, tume (Northern)
Descendants
- English: toom
- Scots: tume, tuim
References
- “tọ̄m(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Etymology 2
From Old Norse tom (“leisure, ease”). Compare Icelandic tóm (“empty space; leisure”).
Noun
tome (uncountable)
- free time, leisure
Alternative forms
- tom, thome; tame (Northern)
Descendants
- English: toom
- Middle Scots: tume, toym, toyme, toume
References
- “tọ̄m(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Adjective
tome
- (Southwest, southern West Midlands) Alternative form of tame (“tame”)
Nias
Noun
tome (mutated form dome)
- guest
References
- Sundermann, Heinrich. 1905. Niassisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Moers: Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen, p. 219.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
tome
- (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of tom
- (non-standard since 2012) plural of tom
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtõ.mi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈto.me/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.m(ɨ)/
Verb
tome
- inflection of tomar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Spanish
Verb
tome
- inflection of tomar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative