tom

• (British) IPA^(key): /tɒm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tɑm/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒm

From generic use of the proper name Tom.

tom (plural toms)

1. The male of the domesticated cat, especially if not neutered.
2. The male of the turkey.
3. The male of the orangutan.
4. The male of certain other animals.
5. (UK, slang, dated) A female prostitute.
6. (US, slang) A lesbian.
7. (music) Clipping of tom-tom.
8. (obsolete) The jack of trumps in the card game gleek.
9. (UK, regional, obsolete) A close-stool.

• (male cat): tomcat, he-cat
• (male turkey): turkeycock
• (male of other animals): male, buck, stag
• (prostitute): See also Thesaurus:prostitute

(intact male cat):

• gib
• queen

Shortened from tomato

tom (plural toms)

1. (British, greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).

   Toms 90p a pound

   • 2009, Mark Penny, Jonathan Penny, The Golden Pig, page 160:

     “I'd like sausage, eggs, bacon, toms, mushies, beans – oh, and some fried bread,” said Mike.

Rhyming slang from tomfoolery.

tom (uncountable)

1. (Cockney rhyming slang) jewellery

From Uncle Tom.

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)

1. (intransitive, derogatory, of a black person) To act in an obsequiously servile manner toward white authority.

tom (third-person singular simple present toms, present participle tomming, simple past and past participle tommed)

1. (nautical) To dig out a hole below the hatch cover of a bulker and fill it with cargo or weights to aid stability.

• MOT, Mot, OMT, OTM, TMO, mot

• IPA^(key): [ˈtom]

tom

1. locative masculine/neuter singular of ten

From Old Norse tómr, from Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈtˢʌmˀ]
• Rhymes: -ɒm

tom (neuter tomt, plural and definite singular attributive tomme)

1. empty

• “tom” in Den Danske Ordbog

From English tom.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtom/, [ˈt̪o̞m]
• Rhymes: -om
• Syllabification^(key): tom

tom

1. (music) tom, tom-tom (percussion instrument)

Inflection of tom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		tom	tomit
genitive		tomin	tomien
partitive		tomia	tomeja
illative		tomiin	tomeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		tom	tomit
accusative	nom.	tom	tomit
	gen.	tomin
genitive		tomin	tomien
partitive		tomia	tomeja
inessive		tomissa	tomeissa
elative		tomista	tomeista
illative		tomiin	tomeihin
adessive		tomilla	tomeilla
ablative		tomilta	tomeilta
allative		tomille	tomeille
essive		tomina	tomeina
translative		tomiksi	tomeiksi
abessive		tomitta	tomeitta
instructive		—	tomein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of tom (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tomini tomini accusative nom. tomini tomini gen. tomini genitive tomini tomieni partitive tomiani tomejani inessive tomissani tomeissani elative tomistani tomeistani illative tomiini tomeihini adessive tomillani tomeillani ablative tomiltani tomeiltani allative tomilleni tomeilleni essive tominani tomeinani translative tomikseni tomeikseni abessive tomittani tomeittani instructive — — comitative — tomeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative tomisi tomisi accusative nom. tomisi tomisi gen. tomisi genitive tomisi tomiesi partitive tomiasi tomejasi inessive tomissasi tomeissasi elative tomistasi tomeistasi illative tomiisi tomeihisi adessive tomillasi tomeillasi ablative tomiltasi tomeiltasi allative tomillesi tomeillesi essive tominasi tomeinasi translative tomiksesi tomeiksesi abessive tomittasi tomeittasi instructive — — comitative — tomeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tomimme tomimme accusative nom. tomimme tomimme gen. tomimme genitive tomimme tomiemme partitive tomiamme tomejamme inessive tomissamme tomeissamme elative tomistamme tomeistamme illative tomiimme tomeihimme adessive tomillamme tomeillamme ablative tomiltamme tomeiltamme allative tomillemme tomeillemme essive tominamme tomeinamme translative tomiksemme tomeiksemme abessive tomittamme tomeittamme instructive — — comitative — tomeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative tominne tominne accusative nom. tominne tominne gen. tominne genitive tominne tomienne partitive tomianne tomejanne inessive tomissanne tomeissanne elative tomistanne tomeistanne illative tomiinne tomeihinne adessive tomillanne tomeillanne ablative tomiltanne tomeiltanne allative tomillenne tomeillenne essive tominanne tomeinanne translative tomiksenne tomeiksenne abessive tomittanne tomeittanne instructive — — comitative — tomeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative tominsa tominsa accusative nom. tominsa tominsa gen. tominsa genitive tominsa tomiensa partitive tomiaan tomiansa tomejaan tomejansa inessive tomissaan tomissansa tomeissaan tomeissansa elative tomistaan tomistansa tomeistaan tomeistansa illative tomiinsa tomeihinsa adessive tomillaan tomillansa tomeillaan tomeillansa ablative tomiltaan tomiltansa tomeiltaan tomeiltansa allative tomilleen tomillensa tomeilleen tomeillensa essive tominaan tominansa tomeinaan tomeinansa translative tomikseen tomiksensa tomeikseen tomeiksensa abessive tomittaan tomittansa tomeittaan tomeittansa instructive — — comitative — tomeineen tomeinensa

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠoumˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠuːmˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʊmˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /t̪ˠʌmˠ/^[1]

From Middle Irish tomm (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”), from Proto-Indo-European *tum- (“mound”).

tom m (genitive singular toim, nominative plural toim or tomacha)

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: tor

2. clump, tuft, tussock

   Synonym: tortóg

• Alternative plural: tomacha (Connacht, Ulster)

• tomach (“bushy; tufted”)

tom m (genitive singular toma, nominative plural tomanna)

1. Alternative form of taom (“fit, paroxysm”)

tom (present analytic tomann, future analytic tomfaidh, verbal noun tomadh, past participle tomtha)

1. Alternative form of tum (“dip, immerse”)

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
tom	thom	dtom
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Javanese writing system
Carakan	ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀
Pegon
Roman	tom

From Old Javanese tom, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

tom

1. indigo (plant)

• → Ternate: tom

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2015) “tom”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) (in Javanese), Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

tom

1. spear

• IPA^(key): [tɔm]

tom

1. locative masculine/neuter singular of ten

tom

1. human body louse

tom

1. Alternative form of tome (“empty”)

tom (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of tome (“freetime”)

tom

1. (Southwest, southern West Midlands) Alternative form of tame (“tame”)

From Old Norse tómr.

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommere, indefinite superlative tommest, definite superlative tommeste)

1. empty

• halvtom
• tomflaske
• tomhet

• tømme

• “tom” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse tómr.

• IPA^(key): /tʊmː/

tom (neuter singular tomt, definite singular and plural tomme, comparative tommare, indefinite superlative tommast, definite superlative tommaste)

1. empty

• halvtom
• tomflaske

• tømme, tømma

From Old Norse taumr.

tom m (definite singular tommen, indefinite plural tommar, definite plural tommane)

1. Alternative form of taum; (pre-2012) alternative form of taum

• fortom

• “tom” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• mot, t.o.m.

tom

1. water

• Robyn Loughnane, A Grammar of Oksapmin (April 2009), page 58

From Proto-Germanic *tōmaz (“empty”). Akin to Old Norse tómr (“empty”), whence Icelandic tómur (“empty”).

• IPA^(key): /toːm/

tōm

1. empty
2. (figuratively) free from

   Ðæt hīe mōstun mānweorca tōme lifgan and tīres blǣd ēcne āgan.

   That they might live free from wicked works and own the eternal reward of glory.

• Middle English: tome, tom, toume, tombe, toyme, tum, tume (Northern)
  • English: toom
  • Scots: tume, tuim

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀum.

tom

1. indigo (plant)

• Javanese: tom
  • → Ternate: tom

• "tom" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Learned borrowing from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔm/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔm
• Syllabification: tom

tom m inan (diminutive tomik, augmentative tomisko or tomiszcze)

1. volume (single book of a publication issued in multi-book format)

   Synonyms: wolumen, wolumin

• tom in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• tom in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin tonus (and influenced by som; compare the Spanish ton, variant of the standard tono, which underwent a similar change, influenced by son, respectively), from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch”). Cf. also trom, a possible doublet.

• Rhymes: -õ
• Homophone: tão (Portugal, dialectal)
• Hyphenation: tom

tom m (plural tons)

1. tone; pitch (property of sound determined by the frequency)
2. tone (shade or quality of a colour)
3. tone (manner in which speech or writing is expressed)
4. (music) tone (interval of a major second)
5. (music) key

• trom

Borrowed from French tome, from Latin tomus.

tom n (plural tomuri)

1. volume

From Old Irish tom (“bush, tuft; hillock, knoll”).

• IPA^(key): /t̪ʰɔum/

tom m (genitive singular tuim, plural toman or tomannan)

1. round hillock or knoll, rising ground, swell, green eminence
2. any round heap
3. tuft of anything
4. bush, thicket
5. anthill
6. (Islay) stool
7. volume of a book
8. bank
9. grave
10. (medicine, rare) the plague
11. conical knoll

• IPA^(key): /tóːm/

tọ̑m m inan

1. tome

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	tóm
gen. sing.	tóma
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	tóm	tóma	tómi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	tóma	tómov	tómov
dative (dajȃlnik)	tómu	tómoma	tómom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	tóm	tóma	tóme
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	tómu	tómih	tómih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	tómom	tómoma	tómi

• zvézek

• “tom”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

From Old Norse tómr.

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /tum/

• Audio:

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tom (comparative tommare, superlative tommast)

1. empty

   tomma tunnor skramlar mest

   empty barrels make the most noise (those who complain most vigorously, are the least important)

Inflection of tom
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	tom	tommare	tommast
Neuter singular	tomt	tommare	tommast
Plural	tomma	tommare	tommast
Masculine plural3	tomme	tommare	tommast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	tomme	tommare	tommaste
All	tomma	tommare	tommaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

• full

Used in Swedish since 1697. From French tome, Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, separate”). Cognate with English tome.

• (Sweden) IPA^(key): /toːm/

tom c

1. A tome, a volume (in a series of books), a (thick) book.

• tomtals

• tom in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tom in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• mot

From Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦩ꧀ (tom), from Old Javanese tom.

• IPA^(key): /tom/

tom (Jawi توم)

1. indigo (Indigofera tinctoria)

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Compare Middle Irish tomm (“clump, hill”).

• IPA^(key): /tɔm/
• Rhymes: -ɔm

tom m or f (plural tomau)

1. dung, excrement, faeces

   Synonym: cach

2. manure, compost
3. filth, muck, mire

• tomen (“dunghill”)

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “tom”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

• IPA^(key): /tɒ˩̰/

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *dəp (“to bite”); compare Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ketep (“id”), whence Indonesian ketip (“dime, dite”).^[1]

tom

1. to bite

tom

1. at, there (nearby)

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[1], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, pages 322-3.

tom

1. Second person singular possessive (medial position)

   your

2. Second person singular object

   you

• to'
• tomma