Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tome

/toʊm/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.21 in modern English

Syllables: tome
IPA: /toʊm/

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One in a series of volumes.

noun

A large or scholarly book.

name

Example Sentences

"The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf."
"And Sam presents Tyrion with A Song Of Ice And Fire, a tome in which Tyrion’s own role, far from that of the clever hero or Machiavellian snake, doesn’t even exist."
"One senses, picking up Twenge’s tome — 515 pages before you get to the appendix — an attempt to quell past criticisms. “I see this book as my magnum opus,” she said."

Etymology

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”).

Origin

Source language: Middle French

Word Breakdown

Root: *temh₁-, tome, tomus, τόμος

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /toʊm/
British English: /təʊm/

Inflected Forms

tomes (plural)

Derived Forms

hecatontome microtome monotome tomeful tomelet

Synonyms

doorstop

Rhymes With

home rome dome chrome foam jerome comb roam gnome ohm shalom holm

Questions

How do you pronounce tome?: The recorded pronunciation is /toʊm/.
What does tome mean?: One in a series of volumes.
Where does tome come from?: It is traced to Middle French.

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