ton
English
/tʌn/, /tɔ̃/
noun
Definitions
- A unit of weight (mass) equal to 2240 pounds (a long ton) or 2000 pounds (a short ton) or 1000 kilograms (a metric ton).
- A unit of volume; register ton.
- In refrigeration and air conditioning, a unit of thermal power defined as 12,000 BTU/h#Etymology_2|h (about 3.514 kW or 3024 kcal/h), originally the rate of cooling provided by uniform isothermal melting of one short ton of ice per day at 32 °F (0 °C).
- (colloquial) A large amount.
- (slang) A speed of 100 mph.
- (slang) One hundred pound pounds sterling.
- (cricket) One hundred runs.
- (darts) One hundred points scored.
Etymology
Derived from Old French tonne (ton, cask).
Origin
Old French
tonne
Gloss
ton, cask
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Charles English
- Charleston English
- Charlestonian English
- ass English
- asston English
- crap English
- crapton English
- exaton English
- fuck English
- fuckton English
- gigaton English
- kiloton English
- load English
- megaton English
- multikiloton English
- multimegaton English
- multiton English
- petaton English
- shit English
- shitton English
- subkiloton English
- teraton English
- tonish English
- tonishly English
- tonishness English
- tonload English
- tonne English
- tonner English
- yottaton English
- zettaton English
- tonni Finnish
- gigatonn Norwegian Bokmål
- tonn Norwegian Bokmål
- ton Swedish
- tonsätta Swedish
- tonvis Swedish
- vargton Swedish
- チャールストン Japanese
- 噸 Japanese
- 屯 Japanese
- gigatonn Norwegian Nynorsk
- tonn Norwegian Nynorsk
- ton Danish
- tonne Old French
- टन Hindi
- tonnelle Middle French
- 噸 Chinese
- tani Swahili
- 톤 Korean
- ton Hausa