toon

See also Toon

English

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.

Translations

cartoon

• French: BD (fr), bande dessinée (fr) f

• Portuguese: desenho (pt) m

Etymology 2

From Hindi  (tūn), from Sanskrit  (tunnah).

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. (botany) A southeast Asian and Australian tree (Cedrela toona) 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

the tree Cedrela toona

Etymology 3

Dialectal variant of town.

Pronunciation

• (Geordie) IPA: [tuːn]

Noun

toon (plural toons)

1. (Geordie) A town.

Translations

town — see town

See also

• Toon

References

• List of English words of Sanskrit origin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:List of English words of Sanskrit origin
• Toon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ISBN 1904794165

Anagrams

• noot
• onto, on to

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toːn/
• (Belgium) IPA: [toːn]
• (Netherlands) IPA: [toʊ̯n]
• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

toon m (plural tonen, diminutive toontje)

1. tone

Derived terms

• toonhoogte
• toonladder

Verb

toon

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

Anagrams

• noot

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Somali

Noun

toon

1. garlic

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Yucatec Maya

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toːn˩/

Noun

toon (plural toono’ob)

1. (anatomy) penis

Synonyms

• keep