tome
French, noun/tom/
tome is spelled T-O-M-E (4 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written French, the 2,767th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tome is a French masculine noun meaning “tome, volume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Division intellectuelle d’un ouvrage, correspondant ou pas avec un volume”.
What does tome mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetome, volume
- 2
masculinesection
- 3
masculinesubaltern
noun
- 1
femininea variety of mountain cheese
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Division intellectuelle d’un ouvrage, correspondant ou pas avec un volume. 2. Volume séparé qui fait partie d’un ouvrage imprimé ou manuscrit.
noun: 1. Fromage de montagne au lait de vache ou de chèvre, existant en plusieurs variétés : pâte molle, persillée ou pressée non cuite.
suffix: 1. Suffixe des mots en relation avec une section, une coupure.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tome
- tomes plural
- tomme alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tome?
- /tom/
- /tɔm/
- \tom\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tome
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tome in French?
tome appears 29 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).