tome
One in a series of volumesOne in a series of volumes.
» This tome could snap my spine.
Dieser Wälzer könnte mir das Rückgrat brechen.
Meaning
2 sensesOne in a series of volumes.
Band
томtom
A large or scholarly book.
The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
Wälzer, Schinken
томtom
a (usually) large and scholarly book
Examples
8 sentencesThis tome could snap my spine.
deDieser Wälzer könnte mir das Rückgrat brechen.
My father purchased two tomes for me.
He pulled those phrases from a tome.
I read this tome from end to end.
She borrowed a thick tome on the theory of time travel.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle French tome, from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τFrom 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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