noun
metric ton; tonne
A unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms. Rare term; the more common word is メートルトン or simply トン.
See also: メートルトン
この貨物船は一万仏トンの積載能力がある。
This cargo ship has a capacity of 10,000 metric tons.
Standard modern spelling for metric ton, using the abbreviation 仏 (France) for the metric system.
Ateji spelling using the character 噸 for ton; rarely used.
Ateji spelling using the character 屯 for ton; rarely used.
Compound of 仏 (France, abbreviation for the metric system) and トン (ton). The kanji spellings 仏噸 and 仏屯 are ateji.