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tomoe

tomoe noun: a circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos.

tomoe: a circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos
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Noun

tomoe (plural tomoe)

  1. A circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos.

Proper noun capitalized: Tomoe

Tomoe

  1. A female given name from Japanese, found in ethnic-Japanese populations in English-speaking localities, as an ethnic given name, complementing their "English" name.

Forms of tomoe

pluraltomoe

Origin of tomoe

Borrowed from Japanese 巴 (tomoe).

From Japanese ともえ (Tomoe).

Questions about tomoe

What does tomoe mean?
Tomoe means a circular design of swirling water, commonly used in Japanese family crests and corporation logos.
What part of speech is tomoe?
Tomoe can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of tomoe?
The plural of tomoe is tomoe.

Words near tomoe in the dictionary

  1. tomodensitometric
  2. tomodensitometrically
  3. tomodensitometry
  4. tomodensity
  5. tomodynamometer
  6. tomoe
  7. tomogram
  8. tomograms
  9. tomograph
  10. tomographer
  11. tomographers

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