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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

Noun

tron (plural trons)

1. Obsolete form of trone (weighing machine)

Anagrams

• ront, torn

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?t??n/

Noun

tron m (plural trons)

1. throne

Derived terms

• entronitzar

Further reading

• “tron” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tron” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “tron” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tron” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tro?n/

Noun

tron m (plural tronow or tronyow)

1. nose, snout
2. point (of land)
3. (Revived Late Cornish) tunnel

Mutation

Synonyms

• dewfrik
• frigow

Danish

Verb

tron

1. imperative of trone

Middle English

Noun

tron

1. Alternative form of trone (“throne”)

Norman

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

tron m

1. (Jersey) blunt

Etymology 2

From Old French tronc (“alms box, tree trunk, headless body”), from Latin truncus (“a stock, lopped tree trunk”), from truncus (“cut off, maimed, mutilated”).

Noun

tron m (plural trons)

1. (Jersey) trunk

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

tron

1. imperative of trone

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?] (compare Catalan tro), from Latin tonus (“thunderclap; sound, tone”) (possibly through a Late Latin or Vulgar Latin *tronus), incremented with an -r- due to influence from *tronitus < tonitrus), and ultimately from Ancient Greek ????? (tónos); compare also Portuguese trom, Spanish trueno).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru/

Noun

tron m (plural trons)

1. thunder

Related terms

• tronar

Piedmontese

Alternative forms

• trun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tru?/

Noun

tron m (plural tron)

1. thunder

Polish

Etymology

From Old High German t(h)r?n, from Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tr?n/

Noun

tron m inan

1. throne

Declension

Related terms

• tronowy

Further reading

• tron in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French trône, Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (thrónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tron/

Noun

tron n (plural tronuri)

1. throne

See also

• scaun
• je?

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

• tro + an

Preposition

tron

1. through the

Spanish

Noun

tron m (plural trones)

1. (colloquial) guy, dude, bro

   Synonyms: tronco, tío

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tru?n/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

tron c

1. a throne; an ornate seat

Declension

Related terms

• tronföljare
• trontal

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

tron

1. definite singular of tro

Anagrams

• torn