name
Meaning 1
A surname from Burmese.
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Standard Lemma guide
tun
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /tʌn/
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UK: /tʊn/
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homophone: ton
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homophone: tonne
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noun
Meaning 2
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask. (See a diagram comparing cask sizes.)
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noun
Meaning 3
A fermenting vat.
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Topics: beverages, brewing, business, food, lifestyle, manufacturing
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noun
Meaning 4
A traditional unit of liquid measure (from the volume of such a cask) equal to 252 wine gallons or 2 pipes.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 5
Synonym of long ton: a unit of mass equal to 2240 pounds, 20 hundredweights of 112 pounds avoirdupois each.
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noun
Meaning 6
Synonym of ton: any extremely or excessively large amount.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 7
Synonym of drunkard: a person who drinks excessively.
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Usage: archaic, derogatory, humorous
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noun
Meaning 8
Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
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noun
Meaning 9
The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
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noun
Meaning 10
A small silver cup holding half a pint, sometimes having a whistle in the handle that could not be blown until the cup was empty.
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Usage: obsolete
Qualifier: Oxford University; Pembroke College; Oxford University; Pembroke College
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noun
Meaning 11
a chimney.
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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noun
Meaning 12
A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
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noun
Meaning 13
A respectful term of address to royalties and certain award recipients
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Usage: Malaysia
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verb
Meaning 14
To put into tuns, or casks.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
Meaning 15
a large cask especially one holding a volume equivalent to 2 butts or 252 gals
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Broader terms: barrel, cask
History
Etymology
From Burmese ထွန်း (htwan:).
From Middle English tunne, tonne (“cask, barrel”), from Old English tunne (“tun, cask, barrel”), from Proto-Germanic *tunnǭ, *tunnō (“tun, barrel, cask”), from Latin tunna, probably of Gaulish origin. Cognate with North Frisian tenn (“tun, barrel, cask”), Dutch ton (“tun, barrel, cask”), German Tonne (“tun, barrel, drum”), Danish tønde (“barrel”), Swedish tunna (“barrel, cask, tun”), Icelandic tunna (“barrel”). Compare also Old French tonne, French tonneau (“ton, barrel”), Medieval Latin tunna (“cask”), Middle Irish tunna (“cask”), Welsh tynell (“tun, barrel”). It is uncertain whether the Germanic or the Celtic forms are the original.
From Mayan.
Borrowed from Malay tun.
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: sud — a large, oblong cask
- Czech: káď — a large, oblong cask
- Galician: tonel — a large, oblong cask
- Latin: tunna — a large, oblong cask
- Polish: baryła — a large, oblong cask
- Polish: baryłka — a large, oblong cask
- Portuguese: tonel — a large, oblong cask
- Russian: бо́чка (bóčka) — a large, oblong cask
- Spanish: tonel — a large, oblong cask