Meaning

3 senses
  1. A diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name.

  2. A nickname for a common man.

  3. A large, deep-toned bell, or a particularly notable example of one.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. How many Toms do you know?

    Скільки Томів ти знаєш? — deniko

    ruСколько Томов ты знаешь? — marafon

  2. There are three Toms in my class.

    В моєму класі три Томи. — deniko

    ruУ меня в классе три Тома. — paul_lingvo

  3. There are three Toms at this school.

    У цій школі навчається три Томи. — deniko

    ruВ этой школе три Тома. — marafon

  4. There are at least three Toms at this school.

    У цій школі навчаються як мінімум три Томи. — deniko

    ruВ этой школе по крайней мере три Тома. — marafon

  5. Did you know there are three other Toms at this school?

    Ти знав, що у цій школі є три інших Томи? — deniko

    ruТы знал, что в этой школе ещё три Тома? — marafon

Origin

From Middle English Thomme. Hypocorism of Thomas. The dollar-bill sense is from the portra

From Middle English Thomme. Hypocorism of Thomas. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Thomas Jefferson featured on it.

Possibly onomatopoeia, conflated with the given name, given the practice of giving objects such as Big Ben human names. Alternatively, it may derive from an inscription on the old bell used as metal to make the Great Tom of Oxford in 1680: In Thomæ laude resono bim bom sine fraude.

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