tom
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From generic use of the proper name Tom.
Noun
[edit]tom (plural toms)
- The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered.
- The male of the turkey.
- The male of the orangutan.
- The male of certain other animals.
- (UK, slang, dated) A female prostitute.
- (US, slang) A lesbian.
- (music) Clipping of tom-tom.
- (obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
- (UK, regional, obsolete) A close-stool.
Synonyms
[edit]- (male cat): tomcat, he-cat
- (male turkey): turkeycock
- (male of other animals): male, buck, stag
- (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute
Coordinate terms
[edit](intact male cat):
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]Shortened from tomato
Noun
[edit]tom (plural toms)
- (British, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).
- Toms 90p a pound
- 2009, Mark Penny, Jonathan Penny, The Golden Pig, page 160:
- “I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon, toms, mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike.
Etymology 3
[edit]Rhyming slang from tomfoolery.
Noun
[edit]tom (uncountable)
Etymology 4
[edit]From Uncle Tom.
Verb
[edit]tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)
- (intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.
Etymology 5
[edit]Verb
[edit]tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)
- (nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.
See also
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]tom
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse tómr, from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tom (neuter tomt, plural and definite singular attributive tomme)
References
[edit]- “tom” in Den Danske Ordbog
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | tom | tomit | |
genitive | tomin | tomien | |
partitive | tomia | tomeja | |
illative | tomiin | tomeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | tom | tomit | |
accusative | nom. | tom | tomit |
gen. | tomin | ||
genitive | tomin | tomien | |
partitive | tomia | tomeja | |
inessive | tomissa | tomeissa | |
elative | tomista | tomeista | |
illative | tomiin | tomeihin | |
adessive | tomilla | tomeilla | |
ablative | tomilta | tomeilta | |
allative | tomille | tomeille | |
essive | tomina | tomeina | |
translative | tomiksi | tomeiksi | |
abessive | tomitta | tomeitta | |
instructive | — | tomein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Irish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠoumˠ/
- (Galway) IPA(key): /t̪ˠuːmˠ/
- (Mayo) IPA(key): /t̪ˠʊmˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /t̪ˠʌmˠ/[1]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Irish tomm (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *tum- (“mound”).
Noun
[edit]tom m (genitive singular toim, nominative plural toim or tomacha)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- tomach (“bushy; tufted”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom m (genitive singular toma, nominative plural tomanna)
- Alternative form of taom (“fit, paroxysm”)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Verb
[edit]tom (present analytic tomann, future analytic tomfaidh, verbal noun tomadh, past participle tomtha)
- Alternative form of tum (“dip, immerse”)
Conjugation
[edit]singular | plural | relative | autonomous | ||||||
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first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative | present | tomaim | tomann tú; tomair† |
tomann sé, sí | tomaimid | tomann sibh | tomann siad; tomaid† |
a thomann; a thomas / a dtomann*; a dtomas* |
tomtar |
past | thom mé; thomas | thom tú; thomais | thom sé, sí | thomamar; thom muid | thom sibh; thomabhair | thom siad; thomadar | a thom / ar thom* |
tomadh | |
past habitual | thomainn / dtomainn‡‡ | thomtá / dtomtᇇ | thomadh sé, sí / dtomadh sé, s퇇 | thomaimis; thomadh muid / dtomaimis‡‡; dtomadh muid‡‡ | thomadh sibh / dtomadh sibh‡‡ | thomaidís; thomadh siad / dtomaidís‡‡; dtomadh siad‡‡ | a thomadh / a dtomadh* |
thomtaí / dtomta퇇 | |
future | tomfaidh mé; tomfad |
tomfaidh tú; tomfair† |
tomfaidh sé, sí | tomfaimid; tomfaidh muid |
tomfaidh sibh | tomfaidh siad; tomfaid† |
a thomfaidh; a thomfas / a dtomfaidh*; a dtomfas* |
tomfar | |
conditional | thomfainn / dtomfainn‡‡ | thomfá / dtomfᇇ | thomfadh sé, sí / dtomfadh sé, s퇇 | thomfaimis; thomfadh muid / dtomfaimis‡‡; dtomfadh muid‡‡ | thomfadh sibh / dtomfadh sibh‡‡ | thomfaidís; thomfadh siad / dtomfaidís‡‡; dtomfadh siad‡‡ | a thomfadh / a dtomfadh* |
thomfaí / dtomfa퇇 | |
subjunctive | present | go dtoma mé; go dtomad† |
go dtoma tú; go dtomair† |
go dtoma sé, sí | go dtomaimid; go dtoma muid |
go dtoma sibh | go dtoma siad; go dtomaid† |
— | go dtomtar |
past | dá dtomainn | dá dtomtá | dá dtomadh sé, sí | dá dtomaimis; dá dtomadh muid |
dá dtomadh sibh | dá dtomaidís; dá dtomadh siad |
— | dá dtomtaí | |
imperative | tomaim | tom | tomadh sé, sí | tomaimis | tomaigí; tomaidh† |
tomaidís | — | tomtar | |
verbal noun | tomadh | ||||||||
past participle | tomtha |
* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
tom | thom | dtom |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 291, page 104
Javanese
[edit]Javanese writing system | |
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Carakan | ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ |
Pegon | |
Roman | tom |
Etymology
[edit]From Old Javanese tom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.
Noun
[edit]tom
- indigo (plant)
Descendants
[edit]- → Ternate: tom
Further reading
[edit]- The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “tom”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
Komo
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom
Lower Sorbian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Determiner
[edit]tom
Maranao
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom
- human body louse
Middle English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tom
- Alternative form of tome (“empty”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom (uncountable)
- Alternative form of tome (“freetime”)
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tom
- (Southwest, southern West Midlands) Alternative form of tame (“tame”)
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommere, indefinite superlative tommest, definite superlative tommeste)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “tom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommare, indefinite superlative tommast, definite superlative tommaste)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom m (definite singular tommen, indefinite plural tommar, definite plural tommane)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “tom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
[edit]Oksapmin
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom
References
[edit]- Robyn Loughnane, A Grammar of Oksapmin (April 2009), page 58
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”). Akin to Old Norse tómr (“empty”), whence Icelandic tómur (“empty”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tōm
- empty
- (figuratively) free from
- Ðæt hīe mōstun mānweorca tōme lifgan and tīres blǣd ēcne āgan.
- That they might live free from wicked works and own the eternal reward of glory.
Declension
[edit]Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | tōm | tōm | tōm |
Accusative | tōmne | tōme | tōm |
Genitive | tōmes | tōmre | tōmes |
Dative | tōmum | tōmre | tōmum |
Instrumental | tōme | tōmre | tōme |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | tōme | tōma, tōme | tōm |
Accusative | tōme | tōma, tōme | tōm |
Genitive | tōmra | tōmra | tōmra |
Dative | tōmum | tōmum | tōmum |
Instrumental | tōmum | tōmum | tōmum |
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | tōma | tōme | tōme |
Accusative | tōman | tōman | tōme |
Genitive | tōman | tōman | tōman |
Dative | tōman | tōman | tōman |
Instrumental | tōman | tōman | tōman |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | tōman | tōman | tōman |
Accusative | tōman | tōman | tōman |
Genitive | tōmra, tōmena | tōmra, tōmena | tōmra, tōmena |
Dative | tōmum | tōmum | tōmum |
Instrumental | tōmum | tōmum | tōmum |
Descendants
[edit]Old Javanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.
Noun
[edit]tom
- indigo (plant)
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- "tom" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom m inan (diminutive tomik, augmentative tomisko or tomiszcze)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- tom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- tom in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanish ton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Noun
[edit]tom m (plural tons)
- tone; pitch (property of sound determined by the frequency)
- tone (shade or quality of a colour)
- tone (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
- (music) tone (interval of a major second)
- (music) key
See also
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French tome, from Latin tomus.
Noun
[edit]tom n (plural tomuri)
Declension
[edit]Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish tom (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom m (genitive singular tuim, plural toman or tomannan)
- round hillock or knoll, rising ground, swell, green eminence
- any round heap
- tuft of anything
- bush, thicket
- anthill
- (Islay) stool
- volume of a book
- bank
- grave
- (medicine, rare) the plague
- conical knoll
Slovene
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tọ̑m m inan
Inflection
[edit]Masculine inan., hard o-stem | |||
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nom. sing. | tóm | ||
gen. sing. | tóma | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
tóm | tóma | tómi |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
tóma | tómov | tómov |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
tómu | tómoma | tómom |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
tóm | tóma | tóme |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
tómu | tómih | tómih |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
tómom | tómoma | tómi |
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “tom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swedish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]tom (comparative tommare, superlative tommast)
- empty
- tomma tunnor skramlar mest
- empty barrels make the most noise (those who complain most vigorously, are the least important)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of tom | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | tom | tommare | tommast |
Neuter singular | tomt | tommare | tommast |
Plural | tomma | tommare | tommast |
Masculine plural3 | tomme | tommare | tommast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | tomme | tommare | tommaste |
All | tomma | tommare | tommaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Used in Swedish since 1697. From French tome, Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”). Cognate with English tome.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom c
Declension
[edit]Declension of tom | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tom | tomen | tomer | tomerna |
Genitive | toms | tomens | tomers | tomernas |
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Ternate
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Etymology
[edit]From Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (tom), from Old Javanese tom.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom (Jawi توم)
References
[edit]- Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Welsh
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Compare Middle Irish tomm (“clump, hill”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tom m or f (plural tomau)
Derived terms
[edit]- tomen (“dunghill”)
Mutation
[edit]Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
tom | dom | nhom | thom |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tom”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
White Hmong
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Hmong-Mien *dəp (“to bite”); compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ketep (“id”), whence Indonesian ketip (“dime, dite”).[1]
Verb
[edit]tom
- to bite
Etymology 2
[edit]Preposition
[edit]tom
References
[edit]- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 322-3.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 237; 283.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20101031002604/http://wold.livingsources.org/vocabulary/25
Zuni
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]tom
- Second person singular possessive (medial position)
- Second person singular object
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