Toni
English
Pronunciation
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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.
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Alemannic German
Proper noun
Toni m
- (Uri) a diminutive of the male given name Anton, from Latin, equivalent to English Tony.
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 32.
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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