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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of cartoon.

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. (informal) A cartoon, especially an animated television show.
2. (informal, video games) A player's avatar or visible character in a massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
3. (informal, by extension) Only used in loony toon or looney toon, alternative forms of loony tune, which see.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Hindi ??? (t?n), from Sanskrit ???? (tu?i, “Cedrela toona”).

Noun

toon (countable and uncountable, plural toons)

1. A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Toona ciliata or Toona australis) of the mahogany family with fragrant dark red wood and flowers that yield a dye.
2. The wood of this tree.

Synonyms

• (tree): Australian red cedar
• (wood): toonwood

Translations

Etymology 3

Dialectal variant of town.

Pronunciation

• (Geordie) IPA^(key): [tu?n]

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. (Tyneside) A town.

Translations

See also

• Toon

Etymology 4

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. Eye dialect spelling of tune

References

• List of English words of Sanskrit origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Toon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• noot, noto-, on to, onto, onto-, oont, tono-

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch toon, dialectal form of teen, from Middle Dutch têe, from Old Dutch *t?a, from Proto-Germanic *taihw?. The vocalism -oo- is also present in some Dutch dialects in Utrecht and Holland, but seems unclear. The -n was originally a plural ending that was reanalysed as a singular form.

Noun

toon (plural tone, diminutive toontjie)

1. toe (part of the foot)

Derived terms

• langtoon

Etymology 2

From Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

Noun

toon (plural tone)

1. tone, pitch

Etymology 3

From Dutch tonen, from Middle Dutch tônen, from Old Dutch *t?nen.

Verb

toon (present toon, present participle tonende, past participle getoon)

1. (transitive) to show, to demonstrate

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to?n/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): [to?n]
• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): [to??n]
• Hyphenation: toon
• Rhymes: -o?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch toon, ultimately from Latin tonus.

Noun

toon m (plural tonen, diminutive toontje n)

1. tone

Derived terms

• grondtoon
• kiestoon
• tonaal
• toonhoogte
• toonladder
• sloottoon

Descendants

• Afrikaans: toon
• ? Indonesian: ton, tona (from plural)

Etymology 2

Noun

toon m (plural tonen, diminutive toontje n)

1. (dialectal) Dated form of teen (“toe”).
2. (archaic) The front portion of a hoof.

Usage notes

Still used in some dialects in Utrecht and Holland in the meaning “toe”. This variant seems to have been quite common in Hollandic dialects until the 19th century. Similar forms have also been found to exist in certain West Frisian and Dutch Low Saxon dialects.

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

toon

1. first-person singular present indicative of tonen
2. imperative of tonen

Anagrams

• noot

Sambali

Noun

toón

1. (anatomy) nape

Somali

Noun

toon m

1. garlic

Yucatec Maya

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?tò?n]

Noun

toon (plural toono?ob)

1. penis

   Synonym: keep

References

• Montgomery, John (2004) Maya-English, English-Maya (Yucatec) Dictionary & Phrasebook, New York: Hippocrene Books, Inc., ?ISBN, page 77

English

Etymology 1

See down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?n/

Adverb

doon (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) Down.

Preposition

doon

1. (Tyneside) Down.

Adjective

doon (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) On a lower level than before; down.

Etymology 2

See dun.

Noun

doon (plural doons)

1. Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.

Anagrams

• Ondo, dono

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *d?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?-.

Verb

doon

1. to do

Conjugation

Derived terms

• euverdoon, óppernuuj doon
• euverdoonder

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German dôn. Compare Low German doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??n/

Verb

doon (third-person singular simple present deit, past tense dee, past participle daan, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to do
2. to put

   Do dat aver dor!

   Just put it in there!

3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
4. (auxiliary, preterite) often used instead of the preterit of weak verbs, with an infinitive.

   Ik dee em en Kado geven!

   I gave him a present!

5. (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.

   So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee

   It became dark when the sun went down!

Conjugation

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?n/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).

Alternative forms

• dooin

Verb

doon (past ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)

1. close, shut

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *d?nom (“stronghold”).

Noun

doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)

1. fort, fastness

2. stronghold, bastion

Mutation

Middle English

Adjective

doon

1. done

Scots

Etymology

From Old English d?ne, aphetic form of ad?ne, from of d?ne (“off the hill”).

Adverb

doon (comparative mair doon, superlative maist doon)

1. down

Preposition

doon

1. down

Derived terms

• doon the stair

Somali

Verb

doon

1. want, hope, aspire

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?on/

Adverb

doon

1. there (far from both the speaker and the listener)