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Pronunciation / Transliteration: tonne
"Il y a plus d'une tonne de sable sur le chantier."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A unit of weight equal to 2,000 pounds (short ton) or 2,240 pounds (long ton), or roughly 1,000 kilograms (metric ton).
"The truck was carrying a load of five tons of gravel."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Old English tunne 'large vessel or cask', of Germanic origin; related to Old High German tunna, medieval Latin tunna. The unit of weight (originally specifying the weight of a tun of wine) dates from the late 15th century.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "ton" is said worldwide
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tonne
Transliteration: tonne
"Il y a plus d'une tonne de sable sur le chantier."
Tonne
Transliteration: Tonne
"Das Auto wiegt fast eine Tonne."
tonnellata
Transliteration: tonnellata
"La nave trasportava mille tonnellate di merci."
tonelada
Transliteration: tonelada
"La ballena pesa varias toneladas."
tonelada
Transliteration: tonelada
"Foram colhidas mais de uma tonelada de grãos."
टन
Transliteration: tan
"कार का वजन लगभग एक टन है।"
吨
Transliteration: dūn
"这头大象重达好几吨。"
톤
Transliteration: ton
"트럭이 수 톤의 화물을 싣고 있다."
トン
Transliteration: ton
"そのトラックは数トンの荷物を積んでいます。"
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