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tom
volume (of a multi-volume book or set) /ˈtom/
noun#754 most common
Also: tome, book (part of a series)
Example sentences
Tomul este pe masă.
The volume is on the table.
Am citit acest tom anul trecut.
I read this volume last year.
Biblioteca are multe tomuri vechi.
The library has many old volumes.
Romanul a fost publicat în trei tomuri.
The novel was published in three volumes.
A așezat cu grijă tomurile grele pe raftul de sus.
He carefully placed the heavy volumes on the top shelf.
Istoricul a consultat tomurile arhivei pentru a reconstitui evenimentele trecute.
The historian consulted the archive's volumes to reconstruct past events.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | tom | tomuri |
| Genitive | tomului | tomurilor |
| Accusative | tom | tomuri |
| Vocative | tom | tomuri |
Word family
tomulthe volume (definite)
tomurivolumes (plural)
volumvolume, book (close synonym)
tomografietomography, CT scan (distant cognate)
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "tom" from French "tome", which comes from Latin "tomus". Latin took it from Greek "tomos", meaning a section or a roll of papyrus, from the verb "temnein", to cut. The word entered Romanian through French literary and scholarly influence and kept the sense of one bound volume within a larger multi-volume work.
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