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tome  (tm)

n.

1. One of the books in a work of several volumes.

2. A book, especially a large or scholarly one.

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[French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos, a cutting, section, from temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-European roots.]

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tome [təʊm]

n

1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a large weighty book

2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) one of the several volumes of a work

[from French, from Latin tomus section of larger work, from Greek tomos a slice, from temnein to cut; related to Latin tondēre to shear]

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tome - Comes from Greek tomos, "roll of papyrus," and was originally a word for one volume of a larger work.

See also related terms for papyrus.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tome - a (usually) large and scholarly book book - a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); "I am reading a good book on economics"

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tome

noun book, work, title, volume, opus, publication a hefty legal tome

Translations

tome [təʊm] N (hum) → mamotreto m
a weighty tome → un pesado mamotreto

tome [ˈtəʊm] n → gros m livre

tome

n → dickes Buch, Wälzer m (inf)

tome [təʊm] n → tomo (hum) → librone m