timón

See also: timon and Timon

Asturian

Etymology

From Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem.

Noun

timón m (plural timones)

1. (nautical) helm (steering apparatus of a ship)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈmon/ [t̪iˈmõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ti‧món

Noun

timón m (plural timones)

1. rudder
2. tiller
3. helm
4. (Cuba, Honduras, Colombia, Nicaragua) steering wheel

   Synonym: volante

5. drawbar
6. plow beam (plough-beam)

Derived terms

• caña del timón
• golpe de timón
• rueda del timón
• timón de profundidad
• timonazo
• timonear
• timonel
• timonera
• timonero

 

See also

• timar

 

Further reading

• “timón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• motín, mitón

Venetian

Etymology

From Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem.

Noun

timón m

1. rudder

Descendants

• → Greek: τιμόνι (timóni)
  • → Romanian: timonă
• → Ottoman Turkish: دومن (dümen)
  • Turkish: dümen, domen, dömen, demen
  • → Albanian: dymen
  • → Arabic: دُومَان (dūmān)
  • → Armenian: (Constantinople) տիւմէն (tiwmēn), (Van) դուման (duman)
  • → Bulgarian: дюме́н (djumén)
  • → Dalmatian: dùmen
  • → Moroccan Arabic: دمان (dmān)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • Cyrillic script: ду̀мен
    • Latin script: dùmen
  • → Ukrainian: деме́н (demén), деме́но (deméno)
• → Laz: დიმონი (dimoni), დიმარი (dimari)
• → Middle Georgian: ტიმონი (ṭimoni)