Tomé

Tomé

1. A commune and city in Chile.
2. A former department of Chile.

From Latin Thōmās, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא or תאמא (“twin”), the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles.

• IPA^(key): /toˈmɛ/ [t̪oˈmɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: To‧mé

Tomé m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
2. (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)
3. a patronymical surname

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tome”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “tome”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• "Tomé" in Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo / Xulio Sousa Fernández (dirs.): Cartografía dos apelidos de Galicia. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: To‧mé

Tomé m (plural Tomés)

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
2. (biblical) Thomas (one of the Apostles)

   Synonym: Tomás

• São Tomé

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• IPA^(key): /toˈme/ [t̪oˈme]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: To‧mé

Tomé f

1. Tomé (a commune and city in Tomé, Chile)
2. (historical) a department of Chile