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Initially, I used to cart coke from the West Melbourne Gasworks -12 tonne a day, 150-pound sacks. I'd come home looking like Al Jolson at the end of the day - white teeth, black face... A good hard day's work.
Lindsay Fox

Meaning of "tonne" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TONNE

From French.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TONNE

tonne  [tʌn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TONNE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tonne is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TONNE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tonne

The tonne is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms or 1 megagram. It is a non-SI unit accepted for use with SI. To avoid confusion with the smaller short ton and the slightly larger long ton, it is also known as a metric ton in the United States.

Definition of tonne in the English dictionary

The definition of tonne in the dictionary is a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg or 2204.6 pounds Also called : metric ton.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TONNE

tonite
tonk
tonka bean
tonker
Tonkin
Tonkinese
Tonle Sap
tonlet
tonnag
tonnage
tonneau
tonneau cover
tonneaux
tonner
tonnish
tonnishly
tonnishness
tonometer
tonometric
tonometry

WORDS THAT END LIKE TONNE

Argonne
baronne
Bayonne
bonne
bourguignonne
Carcassonne
chaconne
cretonne
Donne
Essonne
Garonne
Haute-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne
Narbonne
patronne
Sorbonne
Tarn-et-Garonne
the Argonne
the Sorbonne
Yonne

Synonyms and antonyms of tonne in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tonne» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TONNE

Find out the translation of tonne to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tonne from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tonne» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tonelada
570 millions of speakers

English

tonne
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

طن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

за тонну
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tonelada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tonne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tonne
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

>トン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

톤>
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ton
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

tấn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ton
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tonnellata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tona
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

за тонну
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tonă
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τόνο
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

ton
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

ton
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tonn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tonne

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TONNE»

The term «tonne» is very widely used and occupies the 19.644 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TONNE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «tonne» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «tonne» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tonne

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2 QUOTES WITH «TONNE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word tonne.
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Lindsay Fox
Initially, I used to cart coke from the West Melbourne Gasworks -12 tonne a day, 150-pound sacks. I'd come home looking like Al Jolson at the end of the day - white teeth, black face... A good hard day's work.
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Tristram Stuart
Food redistribution is one of the best win-win solutions for food waste avoidance. Food companies can often save money by donating food rather than paying the £80 or so per tonne in landfill tax and disposal costs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TONNE»

Discover the use of tonne in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tonne and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Thirteen Tonne Theory
'Anyone who writes of their years in rock music must know that this is the book they are going to have to trump.' Robert Forster, The Monthly 'Very funny . . . there can be no escaping the absurdity of rock'n'roll.' The Age
Mark Seymour, 2009
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Inland Waterway Vessels and Pollution
Energy and emissions Energy 0.46 MJ/ tonne km x 700 km = 322 MJ/ tonne = { 322 MJ/ tonne x 25 tonne)/ 2 TEU = 4 025 C02 [g/TEU] 22.6 g/tonne km x 700 km = 15 820 g/tonne = (15 820 g/tonne x 25 tonne)/ 2 TEU = 197 750 NO, [g/TEU] ...
Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses. Permanent Technical Committee I. Working Group no. 14, 1999
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1st World Conference on Biomass for Energy and Industry: ...
Base Case: Capital Subsidy: 40%, El. price: 58.7 EURO/MWh (mainland), Specific Investment: 2100 EURO/kW., Biomass Yield: 200 tonne/km2 yr, Biomass Price: 30 EURO/tonne 16.2 T~ 42 I -0.07 j 12.4 [" 2003 ] ' 60.6 | 94.5 Non- connected to ...
Spyros Kyritsis, 2001
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Spon's Architects' and Builders' Price
... Unit tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne - - - - - - tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne - tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne ...
Davis Langdon, 2013
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Spon's Civil Engineering and Highway Works Price
Item Gang hours Labour £ Plant £ Material £ Unit Total rate£ REINFORCEMENT Plain round mild steel bars to BS 4449 Bars; supplied in straight lengths 6 mm nominal size 8.00 924.57 96.69 494.90 tonne 1516.16 8 mm nominal size 6.74 ...
Davis Langdon, 2009
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Bakery Industry in India (Bread, Biscuits and Other ...
Company Name Product/Raw Material name Date Capa city Capac ity - Unit Produ ction Prod uctio n - Unit Sales Ampro Products Ltd. 3/31/2009 Anmol Bakers Pvt. Ltd. Biscuits 3/31/2010 4200 0 Tonne s Anmol Biscuits Ltd. 3/31/2011 5600 0 ...
NPCS Team, 2014
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Cost Accounting
Rajasekaran V. [Ans: Closing stock: 565 tonne at Rs. 1,12,275] 25. The records of receipts and issues of carbon chemicals of Hexa factory during December 2008 are as follows: December 4. Opening balance 100 tonne ...
Rajasekaran V., 2010
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Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In ...
Tonne) NA, Value NA, Bauxite (th. tonne) N A, Value NA, Chromite (th. tonne) N A , Value N A, Copper cone (th. tonne) 1, ... Value NA, Lead cone (th. tonne) 280, Value 370, Manganese ore (th. tonne) NA, Value NA, Zinc cone (th. tonne) 505, ...
S. C. Bhatt, Gopal K. Bhargava, 2006
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Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In ...
Production of Minerals and Ores by selected Items (Value Rs. in thousand) (2001 -02) : All minerals Value 487624 1 5, Coal (th. tonne) 308 1 1 . Value 28335336, Lignite thousand tonne N A, Value N A, Natural gas (th. tonne) 1 777, Value 533  ...
Gopal K. Bhargava, Shankarlal C. Bhatt, 2006
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Laxton's Building Price Book 2002: Major and Small Works
440.00 tonne Ref:202 for 202mm deep 5.37 nr 200 x 100 x 12 .............. 440.00 tonne Ref:232 for 232mm deep 5.61 nr Universal beams (Cont'd) 200 x 100 x 10 . ............. 440.00 tonne Ref:262 for 262mm deep 5.92 nr 200 x 200 x 24 .
V B Johnson, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TONNE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tonne is used in the context of the following news items.
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Iron ore flirts with $US50 mark
At the end of the latest session, benchmark iron ore for immediate delivery to the port of Tianjin in China was trading at $US50.60 a tonne, down 0.2 per cent ... «Business Spectator, Jul 15»
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Spot iron ore reclaims the $50 a tonne level, with futures pointing to …
The spot iron ore price, having endured a volatile week of trade, continued its rebound on Friday evening. According to Metal Bulletin's iron ore index the spot ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
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Steel 'cheaper per tonne than cabbage' in China as iron ore hits six …
IG Markets strategist Evan Lucas said that the price of steel – of which iron ore is a key ingredient – in China was so weak it was “now cheaper per tonne than ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Iron ore drops below $US60 a tonne
Iron ore prices have retraced below $US60 a tonne for the first time in five weeks. Spot prices on the Steel Index shed two percent yesterday to close at ... «Sky News Australia, Jun 15»
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Alberta boosts carbon tax to $20 a tonne starting in 2016 as part of …
Environment Minister Shannon Phillips announced Thursday the existing $15 per tonne levy will increase to $20 per tonne next year and $30 per tonne in 2017. «Financial Post, Jun 15»
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India to invest $ 25 billion to reach 1 billion tonne of coal output
CIL's output was 494.2 million tonnes in 2014-15, about three per cent lower than the target of 507 mt, though 32 mt more than in 2013-14. The minister noted ... «Business Standard, May 15»
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World Bank cuts 2015 iron ore price forecast to $63 per tonne
The raw material will average $US63 a metric ton this year, down from $US75, the World Bank says. Bloomberg. by Jasmine Ng. Iron ore will lead declines ... «The Australian Financial Review, Apr 15»
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Iron ore price rallies above $US50 per tonne
Iron ore has leapt above $US50 per tonne in a two-day rally that may provide a glimmer of hope for embattled Australian miners. However, the outlook is still ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 15»
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Joe Hockey's $25b iron ore budget hit
We are contemplating as low as $US35 a tonne, " Mr Hockey said in an extended interview with senior editors and correspondents of The Australian Financial ... «The Australian Financial Review, Apr 15»
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Iron ore prices could fall to $US10 a tonne, and stay there
Listening to the overnight market reports each morning on television, what stands out is the audible surprise in the voice of the reporter when describing another ... «The Australian, Apr 15»

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