tonne (redirected from Tonnes)

tonne  (tn)

n.

A metric ton.

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[French, from Old French, tun, from Late Latin tunna, probably of Celtic origin.]

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tonne [tunn]

Noun

a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg or 2204.6 pounds [French]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

tonne - a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms metric ton, MT, t metric weight unit, weight unit - a decimal unit of weight based on the gram quintal - a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms

Translations

tonne [tʌn] n (Brit) (metric ton) → tonne f

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tonne [tʌn] (Brit) n (= metric ton) → Tonne f

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tonne [tʌn] n (BRIT) (= metric ton); tonnellata