Toni
English
Pronunciation
Audio (AU): (file)
Proper noun
Toni
- A diminutive of the female given name Antonia, sometimes used as a formal given name.
- 1979, William Golding, Darkness Visible, page 134:
- "I'm not Toni any more. I'm Antonia." Sophy burst out laughing. "And I'm Sophia."
- 1979, William Golding, Darkness Visible, page 134:
- A male given name
Noun
Toni (plural Tonis)
- (US, slang) A homosexual male who approaches male strangers (who are usually straight) and aggressively persists in asking them for sex.
Usage notes
Popular in the 1960s and 1970s, commonly in the Washington, D.C. area.
References
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin Antōnius.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toni m
- (Switzerland) a diminutive of the male given name Anton, from Latin, equivalent to English Tony
Further reading
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 32.
Cimbrian
Proper noun
Toni m
- a diminutive of the male given name Anton, from Latin, equivalent to English Tony
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Finnish
Etymology
Originally a diminutive of Anttoni (“Anthony”) and Anton.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Toni
- a male given name
Declension
Inflection of Toni (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Toni | Tonit | |
genitive | Tonin | Tonien | |
partitive | Tonia | Toneja | |
illative | Toniin | Toneihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Toni | Tonit | |
accusative | nom. | Toni | Tonit |
gen. | Tonin | ||
genitive | Tonin | Tonien | |
partitive | Tonia | Toneja | |
inessive | Tonissa | Toneissa | |
elative | Tonista | Toneista | |
illative | Toniin | Toneihin | |
adessive | Tonilla | Toneilla | |
ablative | Tonilta | Toneilta | |
allative | Tonille | Toneille | |
essive | Tonina | Toneina | |
translative | Toniksi | Toneiksi | |
abessive | Tonitta | Toneitta | |
instructive | — | Tonein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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