tonne

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /tʌn/ UK /tʌn/ See IPA manual

Homophones

Freq #33275

Meanings

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noun
A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

The truck was carrying twenty tonnes of coal.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a unit of mass equal to... metric tonmegagram

Word family

Forms tonnes

Etymology

From French tonne. Doublet of ton and tun.

tonne Old French

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General Vocabulary

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