"tome" meaning in English

See tome in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /təʊm/ [Received-Pronunciation], /toʊm/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-tome.wav Forms: tomes [plural]
enPR: tōm [Received-Pronunciation], tōm [General-American] Rhymes: -əʊm 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*temh₁-}}, {{bor|en|frm|tome}} Middle French tome, {{der|en|la|tomus||section of larger work}} Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), {{der|en|grc|τόμος||section, roll of papyrus, volume}} Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} tome (plural tomes)
  1. One in a series of volumes. Translations (one in a series of volumes): τόμος (tómos) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), հատոր (hator) (Armenian), том (tom) (Bulgarian), tom [masculine] (Catalan), (juàn) (Chinese Mandarin), band [masculine] (Dutch), deel [neuter] (Dutch), nidos (Finnish), osa (Finnish), tome [masculine] (French), ტომი (ṭomi) (Georgian), Band [masculine] (German), τόμος (tómos) [masculine] (Greek), kötet (Hungarian), bindi [neuter] (Icelandic), tomo (Ido), том (tom) (Kazakh), bind [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), bind [neuter, plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tom [masculine] (Polish), wolumin [masculine] (Polish), tomo [masculine] (Portuguese), том (tom) [masculine] (Russian), tom [masculine] (Slovene), zvezek [masculine] (Slovene), tomo [masculine] (Spanish), band (Swedish), tom [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. A large or scholarly book. Categories (topical): Books Synonyms: doorstop [humorous] Translations (large or scholarly book — see also doorstop): тухла (tuhla) (Bulgarian), totxo [masculine] (Catalan), 巨著 (jùzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), opus (Finnish), teos (Finnish), pavé [masculine] (French), Wälzer [masculine] (German), Schinken [masculine] (German), τόμος (tómos) [masculine] (Greek), mórleabhar [masculine] (Irish), librone [masculine] (Italian), 大冊 (taisatsu) (Japanese), księga [feminine] (Polish), tomo [masculine] (Portuguese), calhamaço [masculine] (Portuguese), alfarrábio [masculine] (Portuguese), том (tom) [masculine] (Russian), mamotreto [masculine] (Spanish), librote [masculine] (Spanish), tocho [masculine] (Spanish), lunta (Swedish), tom [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tome-en-noun-Jl5zdaJm Disambiguation of Books: 19 81 Categories (other): Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Georgian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'large or scholarly book — see also doorstop': 11 89

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      "word": "тухла"
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      "sense": "large or scholarly book — see also doorstop",
      "word": "巨著"
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      "sense": "large or scholarly book — see also doorstop",
      "word": "opus"
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      "sense": "large or scholarly book — see also doorstop",
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      "word": "Wälzer"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "Schinken"
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      "code": "el",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "τόμος"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "large or scholarly book — see also doorstop",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "mórleabhar"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "large or scholarly book — see also doorstop",
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      "word": "librone"
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      "sense": "large or scholarly book — see also doorstop",
      "word": "大冊"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "large or scholarly book — see also doorstop",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "księga"
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      "word": "calhamaço"
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      "code": "sv",
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