tonn

From Middle Low German tonne or German Tonne. See also tünn, which is loaned from an alternative form of the Low German word.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtonʲː/

tonn (genitive tonni, partitive tonni)

1. ton, tonne

   See kamakas kaalub kaks tonni!

   This slab weighs two tonnes!

2. (colloquial) thousand, grand (almost always regarding currency)

   Mul istub pangas viis tonni.

   I have five grand sitting in the bank.

From Old Norse tǫnn, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts.

• IPA^(key): /tʰɔnː/

tonn f (genitive singular tannar, plural tenn)

1. tooth

• tannsteinur

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠaun̪ˠ/
• (Aran, Mayo) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠɔn̪ˠ/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʌn̪ˠ/

tonn f (genitive singular toinne, nominative plural tonnta)

1. wave
   • 2015, Proinsias Mac a' Bhaird, transl., Maura McHugh, editor, Amhrán na Mara (fiction), Cartoon Saloon; Coiscéim, translation of Song of the Sea by Will Collins, →ISBN:

     Briseann tonnta boga in aghaidh na gcarraigeacha thíos faoi.

     Waves gently lap against the rocks below.

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

tonn f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. wave, billow

• tonnagh

Borrowed from English ton.

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna or tonnene)

1. a ton (usually a metric ton (1000 kg), but it can also refer to the British or American tons)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

• gigatonn

• “tonn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Borrowed from English ton.

tonn n (definite singular tonnet, indefinite plural tonn, definite plural tonna)

1. a ton (as above)
2. a tonne (metric ton)
3. (nautical) a displacement ton, gross ton or net ton (depending on context)

• gigatonn

• “tonn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ton͈/

tonn f

1. wave
2. outpouring
3. sea
4. abundance
5. bog, swamp

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

tonn f

1. surface
2. land, earth
3. skin

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

From Old Irish tonn (“wave, outpouring, abundance”).

tonn m (genitive tuinn or tuinne, plural tuinn or tonnan)

1. wave

• àmhainn meanbh-thonnach
• cumhachd nan tonn

• tonna

tonn

1. ton (a unit of weight).

26 meñ tonn = 26 thousand tons.

tonn f (plural tonna)

1. fir

• tenna