Tonne.
barrel, vat, tun, drum
Meaning & usage
barrel, vat, tun, drum for collecting waste or surplus, such as a bin, dumpster/skip, water butt
barrel, vat, tun, drum for storing and transporting industrial materials
barrel, vat, tun, drum for storing and transporting food and drink, e.g. beer, wine, cabbage, herrings
tonne, ton, metric ton
tonne, ton, metric ton thousand francs
buoy
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German tunne, from Old High German tunna, from Latin tunna. A chiefly northern (i.e. Central German) word, later reinforced by Middle Low German tunne, tonne and, in the sense “metric ton”, by French tonne.
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