tonne

[ tuhn ]

/ tʌn /

metric ton.

Origin of tonne

From French, dating back to 1900–05; see origin at ton¹

Is there any specific account of the "tonne in Cornhyll" existing?

Notes & Queries, No. 37. Saturday, July 13, 1850 |Various
The letter of Mr. Kidder relative to the "pretty pynnace of about thirty tonne," is again referred to by your correspondent.

The Popham Colony |William Frederick Poole
He says it was "a pretty Pynnace of about some thirty tonne."

The Popham Colony |William Frederick Poole
When he comes to large weights, does he not commonly abjure the 1,000 kilos and write one tonne?

Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, June 1899 |Various

That is nat so for whan one parte is gone another dothe encrease, and it chansythe dyuersly euyn as the tonne of Canaidus.

The Pilgrimage of Pure Devotion |Desiderius Erasmus

tonne

/ (tʌn) /

a unit of mass equal to 1000 kg or 2204.6 pounds Also called (not in technical use): metric ton

from French