tome n : a (usually) large and scholarly book

English

Etymology

Latin tomus ← Greek τόμος (section of a book, volume), from τέμνειν (to cut, to incise, to separate).

Pronunciation

• tōm, /təʊm/, /t@Um/

  Rhymes: -əʊm

Noun

1. One in a series of volumes.
2. A large or scholarly book.

Translations

• Finnish: kirja, opus
• Greek: τόμος [ˈto̞mo̞s]
• Polish: tom

Spanish

Verb form

tome

1. second-, third-person singular subjunctive present of tomar

tomé

1. first-person singular subjunctive past of tomar

A tome is a large book, often one volume of a multi-volume scholarly work.

It may also refer to:

• Tome, Miyagi, a city in Japan (formerly Tome District)
• Tome-Adelino, a city in New Mexico
• TV Tome, was a United States website for television information, successor: TV.com
• ToME, a roguelike computer game
• "Philippe Tome", a pseudonym used by writer Philippe Vandevelde
• Tome School, a prep school located in North East, Maryland.

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