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English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tɒm/
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-tom.ogg
• : Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɒm|-ɒm

Noun

1. The male of the domesticated cat.
2. The male of the turkey.
3. The male of certain other animals.
4. (British slang) A prostitute.
5. A type of drum.

Synonyms

• (male cat): tomcat
• (male turkey): turkey-cock
• (male of other animals): male
• (prostitute): see WikiSaurus:prostitute|prostitute in WikiSaurus

Translations

• Breton: targazh
• Czech: kocour
• Dutch: kater
• Finnish: kolli
• French: matou, chat#French|chat
• German: Kater
• Icelandic: högni
• Italian: gatto

• Novial: kato
• Polish: kocur
• Portuguese: gato
• Romanian: cotoi
• Russian: кот
• Spanish: gato
• Swedish: katt (also female, if gender is important, hankatt should be used)

See: turkey-cock

• Finnish: koiras
• French: mâle
• Italian: maschio

• Romanian: mascul
• Russian: индюк (indjúk)
• Swedish: hane

See: WikiSaurus: prostitute|prostitute in WikiSaurus

• Swedish: hängpuka , tom

Etymology

Shortened from tomato

Noun

tom (plural: toms)

1. (UK greengrocers' slang) A tomato (the fruit).
2. : Toms 90p a pound

Derived terms

• tomboy
• tomcat

• tomfool
• tom-tit

Category:Cats

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Danish

Etymology

Old Norse tómr

Adjective

tom

1. empty

Category:Danish adjectives

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Portuguese

Etymology

Latin tonus. Compare Spanish tono.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tõ/

Noun

tom

1. tone (property of sound determined by the frequency)

Category:Portuguese nouns

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• An audio transcript can be found at Sv-tom.ogg

Adjective

tom

1. empty

Antonyms

• full

See also

• tömma

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