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A unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms, about 2204.6 pounds avoirdupois.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tonne, ton, megagram, mul:Mg, millier
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ton
a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: MT, tonne, t
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: metric weight unit, weight unit
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
طُنّ مِتْرِيّ
(ṭunn mitriyy)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Arabic:
طَنّ
(ṭann)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Breton:
tonenn
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Bulgarian:
метричен тон
(metričen ton)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Chinese Cantonese:
公噸 /公吨
(gung1 deon1)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Chinese Mandarin:
公噸 /公吨
(gōngdūn or gōngdùn)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Chinese Mandarin:
噸 /吨
(dūn, dùn)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Czech:
tuna
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Dutch:
ton
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Esperanto:
tuno
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Finnish:
tonni
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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French:
tonne
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Galician:
tonelada métrica
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Galician:
tonelada
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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German:
Tonne
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Greek:
τόνος
(tónos)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Hebrew:
טון
(ton)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Italian:
tonnellata
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Japanese:
メトリックトン
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Japanese:
グラムトン
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Japanese:
トン
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Japanese:
屯
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Khmer:
តោន
(taon)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Khmer:
តូន
(toon)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Malay:
tan metrik
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Malay:
tan
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Malayalam:
ടൺ
(ṭaṇ)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Polish:
tona
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Portuguese:
tonelada métrica
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Portuguese:
tonelada
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Russian:
метри́ческая то́нна
(metríčeskaja tónna)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Russian:
то́нна
(tónna)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Slovak:
tona
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Spanish:
tonelada métrica
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Spanish:
tonelada
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Spanish:
salma
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Swedish:
ton
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Thai:
ตัน
(dtan)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Turkish:
ton
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Ukrainian:
тонна
(tonna)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Ukrainian:
метрична тонна
(metryčna tonna)
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
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Vietnamese:
tấn
— unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms
