TOME


Meaning of TOME in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈtōm ]

noun

Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin tomus, from Greek tomos section, roll of papyrus, tome, from temnein to cut; akin to Middle Irish tamnaid he lops, Polish ciąć to cut, and perhaps to Latin tondēre to shear

Date: 1519

1. : a volume forming part of a larger work

2. : book ; especially : a large or scholarly book

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