tons

See also: Tons, tóns, and tons'

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʌnz/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʌnz
• Homophones: tonnes, tuns

Noun

tons

1. plural of ton

Noun

tons pl (plural only)

1. (colloquial) Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).

   I have tons of pens, but none of them work.

   Tons of people attended the game.

Synonyms

• a lot
• a thing or two
• loads

Anagrams

• NOTs, SOTN, Ston, TNOs, nots, onst, snot

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈto̞ns]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtɔns]

Noun

tons

1. plural of to

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈtuns]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtons]

Verb

tons

1. second-person singular present indicative of tondre

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

• tos (standard)

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tuns/ (always unstressed)
• (Valencia) IPA^(key): /tons/ (always unstressed)

Determiner

tons

1. (dialectal) masculine plural of ton

Danish

Noun

tons

1. indefinite plural of ton
2. indefinite genitive singular of ton
3. indefinite genitive plural of ton

Faroese

Etymology

From Danish tons and English tons, plural form of ton.

Noun

tons n (genitive singular tons, plural tons)

1. ton

Declension

Declension of tons (n11)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	tons	tonsið	tons	tonsini
accusative	tons	tonsið	tons	tonsini
dative	tonsi	tonsinum	tonsum	tonsunum
genitive	tons	tonsins	tonsa	tonsanna

Derived terms

• tonsatal

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

tons m

1. plural of ton

Anagrams

• sont

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtõs/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈtõs/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈtõʃ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈtõʃ/

Noun

tons m

1. plural of tom

Swedish

Noun

tons

1. indefinite genitive plural of ton
2. indefinite genitive singular of ton

Anagrams

• nots, ston