Meanings
tome1
plural tomes
- One in a series of volumes.
- A large or scholarly book.
The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
2 more examples
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.
2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 22 May 2019One 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.
2023 April 20, Casey Schwartz, “Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again”, in The Washington PostSynonyms: doorstop
Tome2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large or scholarly book.
Origin
- Ancient Greekτόμος“section, roll of papyrus, volume”
- Latintomus“section of larger work”
- Middle Frenchtome
- Englishtome
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”).
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Ancient Greek τόμος
- τόμος (tómos)one in a series of volumes
Bulgarian том, тухла
- том (tom)one in a series of volumes
- тухла (tuhla)large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Catalan tom, totxo
- tomone in a series of volumes
- totxolarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Chinese Mandarin 卷, 巨著
- 卷 (juàn)one in a series of volumes
- 巨著 (jùzhù)large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- 大部頭 /大部头 (dàbùtóu)large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Dutch band, deel
- bandone in a series of volumes
- deelone in a series of volumes
Finnish nidos, osa
- nidosone in a series of volumes
- osaone in a series of volumes
- opuslarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- teoslarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
French tome, pavé
- tomeone in a series of volumes
- pavélarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
German Band, Wälzer
- Bandone in a series of volumes
- Wälzerlarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- Schinkenlarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Greek τόμος, τόμος
- τόμος (tómos)one in a series of volumes
- τόμος (tómos)large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Hungarian kötet, salabakter
- kötetone in a series of volumes
- salabakterlarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- tómuszlarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Icelandic bindi
- bindione in a series of volumes
Irish mórleabhar
- mórleabharlarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Italian librone
- libronelarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Japanese 大冊, 大著
- 大冊 (taisatsu)large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- 大著 (taicho)large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Norwegian Bokmål bind
- bindone in a series of volumes
Polish tom, wolumin
- tomone in a series of volumes
- woluminone in a series of volumes
- księgalarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Portuguese tomo, tomo
- tomoone in a series of volumes
- tomolarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- calhamaçolarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- alfarrábiolarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Russian том, том
- том (tom)one in a series of volumes
- том (tom)large or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Spanish tomo, mamotreto
- tomoone in a series of volumes
- mamotretolarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- librotelarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- tocholarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
Swedish band, tom
- bandone in a series of volumes
- tomone in a series of volumes
- luntalarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
- tomlarge or scholarly book — see also doorstop
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Cite this entry
tome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tome
“tome.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tome. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tome,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tome.
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