tonne

UK/tʌn/US/tʌn/

nounB1+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,897 of 15,258leans written

Other forms: tonnes

A tonne is a thousand kilograms. Ten tonnes, per tonne, a tonne of steel.

It is the metric one, and the confusion is with the ton: the British long ton is 1,016 kilograms and the American short ton 907, so all three are different. In writing, metric tonne is often spelled out to avoid it.

Definitions of tonne

1nountonneA thousand kilograms.B1+
“The old bridge can only carry lorries weighing up to ten tonnes.”

tonne is a unit.

Also accepted in games: ton

Where it comes from

French tonne comes from Medieval Latin tunna, a cask; ton and tun are the same word.

French
tonne
English, today
tonne

From French tonne. a doublet of ton and tun.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Numbers & Measurement

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tonne in the wild

The tonne ( or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.
Tonne
One tonne is equivalent to approximately 2,204.6 pounds, 1.102 short tons, and 0.984 long tons.
Tonne
If one considers the lower heating value instead of the higher heating value, the value for one BOE would be approximately 5.4 GJ (see tonne of oil equivalent).
Barrel of oil equivalent
Metric regions commonly use the tonne of oil equivalent (toe), or more often million toe (Mtoe).
Barrel of oil equivalent
In total, approximately 100 tonnes of fragments have been recovered, the most of any meteorite finding.
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Related words

the tonne family

tunnel

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