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Webster 1913 Edition
Tome
Tome
(tōm)
, Noun.
[F.
tome
(cf. It., Sp., & Pg. tomo
), L. tomus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] a piece cut off, a part of a book, a volume, akin to [GREEK] to cup, and perhaps to L. tondere
to shear, E. tonsure
. Cf. Anatomy
, Atom
, Entomology
, Epitome
. ] As many writings as are bound in a volume, forming part of a larger work; a book; – usually applied to a ponderous volume.
Tomes
of fable and of dream. Cowper.
A more childish expedient than that to which he now resorted is not to be found in all the
tomes
of the casuists. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tome
TOME
,Noun.
Definition 2024
tome
tome
English
Noun
tome (plural tomes)
- One in a series of volumes.
- A large or scholarly book.
- The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
Translations
one in a series of volumes
large or scholarly book
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
tome
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tomar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of tomar
Galician
Verb
tome
- first-person singular present subjunctive of tomar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of tomar
Latin
Noun
tome m
- vocative singular of tomus
References
- tome in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tome”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɔ.mɨ/
Verb
tome
- First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of tomar
- Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of tomar
- Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of tomar
- Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of tomar
Spanish
Verb
tome