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tome^¹

/təʊm/ UK
/toʊm/ US

Rhymes with -əʊm

Where it comes from

From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, separate”).

noun tomes

One in a series of volumes.
A large or scholarly book. The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
Similar: doorstop

Tome^²

proper noun Tomes

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: encyclopedia, make, san, conversable, country, undertake, volume, take, acu, saint, taking, taken, snow, tum, arabia, tom

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noun one in a series of volumes

Español	tomo
中文	卷 juàn
Português	tomo
Français	tome
Deutsch	Band
Ελληνικά	τόμος tómos
Русский	том tom

noun large or scholarly book — see also doorstop

Español	mamotreto, librote, tocho
日本語	大冊 taisatsu, 大著 taicho
中文	巨著 jùzhù, 大部頭 /大部头 dàbùtóu
Português	tomo, calhamaço, alfarrábio
Français	pavé
Deutsch	Wälzer, Schinken
Italiano	librone
Ελληνικά	τόμος tómos
Русский	том tom

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"tome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tome. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

tome. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tome

Chicago

"tome." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tome.

BibTeX

@misc{tome_2026,
  title = {tome},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tome},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}