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tomo.

volume, tome (book which is part of a series)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈtõ.mu/Brazil/ˈto.mu/Portugal
  1. volume, tome (book which is part of a series)

    masculine
  2. importance; value

    figuratively · masculine
  3. fundament; basis

    figuratively · masculine
  4. part; component

    figuratively · masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Latin tomus (“section of larger work”), from Ancient Greek τόμος (tómos, “section, roll of papyrus, volume”), from τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, to separate”).

verb/ˈtõ.mu/Brazil/ˈtɔ.mu/Portugal
  1. first-person singular present indicative of tomar

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular
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