tonel

Meaning

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

Concepts

tub

vat

barrel

bin

tun

cask

bathtub

🛁

hogshead

Synonyms

tina

banheira

🛁

barril

cuba

balde

🪣

contentores

Translations

cuve

Fass

tino

cuba

tinozza

tina

boîte

📦

baignoire

🛀

Bottich

tina

Wanne

baril

barril

Kufe

🏃

Pronounced as (IPA)

/toˈnɛw/

Etymology

Cognate with Galician: -

Cognate with Spanish: tonel

Cognate with Catalan: tona

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.