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tomes

tomes is the plural of tome.

Meaning of tome

Noun

tome (plural tomes)

  1. One in a series of volumes.
  2. A large or scholarly book.
    • The professor pulled a dusty old tome from the bookshelf.
    Synonyms:
    doorstop

See all 3 meanings of tome

Proper noun capitalized: Tomes

Tomes

  1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Origin of tomes

From Tom + the patronymic suffix -s.

Questions about tomes

What does tomes mean?
Tomes means a surname originating as a patronymic.
What is tomes the plural of?
Tomes is the plural of tome.
What part of speech is tomes?
Tomes is a proper noun.

Words near tomes in the dictionary

  1. Tomeos
  2. Tomer
  3. Tomerlin
  4. Tomerlins
  5. Tomers
  6. tomes
  7. tomesful
  8. Tomewin
  9. Tomey
  10. Tomeys
  11. Tomești

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tomes (page history and authors); Tomes (page history and authors); tome (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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