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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