Masculine

tonel

Meaning

Concepts

(masculine) tun (a large wooden barrel, a vat, a cask)
(historical, masculine) tun (a traditional unit of liquid volume equal to 0.8–1 m³ depending on the part of Portugal)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toˈnɛw/

Cognate with Galician

Cognate with Spanish

Cognate with Catalan

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese tonel, from Old French tonel, from tone + -el (“-elle: forming diminutives”), from Late Latin tunna (“tun”), from Proto-Celtic *tunna (“hide, skin”). Doublet of tonelada. Cognate with Galician and Spanish tonel and Catalan tona.