tome

tome

 (tōm)

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. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a large weighty book

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

[C16: 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

(toʊm)

n.

1. a book, esp. a very heavy, large, or learned book.

2. a volume forming a part of a larger work.

[1510–20; < French < Latin tomus < Greek tómos slice, piece, papyrus roll, derivative of témnein to cut]

-tome

a combining form with the meanings “cutting instrument” (microtome), “segment, somite” (dermatome).

[< Greek -tomos -cutting]

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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.

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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

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tome

noun

A printed and bound work:

book, volume.

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Translations

Wälzer

nidosopusosa

tomo

том

tome

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

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tome

[ˈtəʊm] n → gros m livre

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tome

n → dickes Buch, Wälzer m (inf)

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tome

[təʊm] n → tomo (hum) → librone m

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