| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /tɔn/ |
| Hyphenation | ton |
| Gender | historically feminine, nowadays also masculine |
| Plural | tonnen |
| Diminutive | |
|---|---|
| Singular | Plural |
| tonnetje | tonnetjes |
| Afrikaans | ton |
|---|---|
| Catalan | tona |
| English | ton |
| Esperanto | tuno |
| Faeroese | tons |
| French | tonne |
| German | Tonne |
| Luxemburgish | Tonn |
| Papiamento | tòn |
| Portuguese | tonelada |
| Spanish | tonelada; tonelada métrica |
| Tagalog | tunelada |
| West Frisian | ton |