tomo
Portuguese, noun/ˈtõ.mu/
tomo is spelled T-O-M-O (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,280th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tomo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “volume, tome (book which is part of a series)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of tomar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “volume de obra impressa ou manuscrita”.
What does tomo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevolume, tome (book which is part of a series)
- 2
masculineimportance; value
- 3
masculinefundament; basis
- 4
masculinepart; component
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of tomar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. volume de obra impressa ou manuscrita 2. cada uma das partes de uma obra científica ou literária, que se brocharam ou encadernaram separadamente 3. divisão, parte 4. importância, valia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of tomo
- tomos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tomo?
- Brazil /ˈtõ.mu/
- Portugal /ˈto.mu/
- Portugal /ˈtɔ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tomo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tomo in Portuguese?
tomo appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).