karton

See also: Karton

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kar‧ton

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish cartón, from French carton.

Noun

kartón

1. cardboard; paperboard
2. carton; cardboard box
3. Tetra Pak

Etymology 2

From English cartoon, from French carton, from Italian cartone, augmentative of carta, from Latin carta.

Noun

karton

1. a cartoon (an animated piece of film which is often but not exclusively humorous)

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from French carton, from Italian cartone.

Noun

karton (accusative [please provide], plural [please provide])

1. cardboard

Declension

Declension of karton

	singular	plural
nominative	karton	kartonlar
genitive	kartonnıñ	kartonlarnıñ
dative	kartonğa	kartonlarğa
accusative	kartonnı	kartonlarnı
locative	kartonda	kartonlarda
ablative	kartondan	kartonlardan

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[2], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “karton”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkarton]
• IPA^(key): [ˈkartoːn]

Noun

karton m inan

1. cardboard

Declension

Declension of karton (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	karton	kartony
genitive	kartonu	kartonů
dative	kartonu	kartonům
accusative	karton	kartony
vocative	kartone	kartony
locative	kartonu, kartoně	kartonech
instrumental	kartonem	kartony

See also

• lepenka

Further reading

• “karton”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “karton”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Dutch

Alternative forms

• carton (superseded)

Etymology

Borrowed from French carton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑrˈtɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Hyphenation: kar‧ton

Noun

karton n (plural kartons or kartonnen, diminutive kartonnetje n)

1. (uncountable) cardboard, paperboard

   Synonym: bordpapier

2. cardboard package

Derived terms

• kartonfabriek
• strokarton

Descendants

• Afrikaans: karton
• → Indonesian: karton
• → Sranan Tongo: karton
• → West Frisian: karton

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkarton/
• Rhymes: -arton
• Syllabification: kar‧ton

Noun

karton

1. accusative singular of karto

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒrton]
• Hyphenation: kar‧ton
• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Karton.

Noun

karton (countable and uncountable, plural kartonok)

1. cardboard, carton

   Synonym: (dated) papundekli

2. (dated) file (a collection of papers collated and archived together, e.g. on a person’s background)

   Synonym: (dated) kartoték

   Holonym: nyilvántartás

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	karton	kartonok
accusative	kartont	kartonokat
dative	kartonnak	kartonoknak
instrumental	kartonnal	kartonokkal
causal-final	kartonért	kartonokért
translative	kartonná	kartonokká
terminative	kartonig	kartonokig
essive-formal	kartonként	kartonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kartonban	kartonokban
superessive	kartonon	kartonokon
adessive	kartonnál	kartonoknál
illative	kartonba	kartonokba
sublative	kartonra	kartonokra
allative	kartonhoz	kartonokhoz
elative	kartonból	kartonokból
delative	kartonról	kartonokról
ablative	kartontól	kartonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	kartoné	kartonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kartonéi	kartonokéi

Possessive forms of karton

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kartonom	kartonjaim
2nd person sing.	kartonod	kartonjaid
3rd person sing.	kartonja	kartonjai
1st person plural	kartonunk	kartonjaink
2nd person plural	kartonotok	kartonjaitok
3rd person plural	kartonjuk	kartonjaik

Derived terms

• kartonál
• kartonoz

Compound words

• gipszkarton
• kartondoboz
• kartonfedél
• kartonkeret
• kartonkészítés
• kartonkötés
• kartonlap
• kartonlemez
• kartonpapír

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Kattun.

Noun

karton (usually uncountable, plural kartonok)

1. (textiles, dated) printed calico (a kind of cotton)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	karton	kartonok
accusative	kartont	kartonokat
dative	kartonnak	kartonoknak
instrumental	kartonnal	kartonokkal
causal-final	kartonért	kartonokért
translative	kartonná	kartonokká
terminative	kartonig	kartonokig
essive-formal	kartonként	kartonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	kartonban	kartonokban
superessive	kartonon	kartonokon
adessive	kartonnál	kartonoknál
illative	kartonba	kartonokba
sublative	kartonra	kartonokra
allative	kartonhoz	kartonokhoz
elative	kartonból	kartonokból
delative	kartonról	kartonokról
ablative	kartontól	kartonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	kartoné	kartonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	kartonéi	kartonokéi

Possessive forms of karton

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	kartonom	kartonjaim
2nd person sing.	kartonod	kartonjaid
3rd person sing.	kartonja	kartonjai
1st person plural	kartonunk	kartonjaink
2nd person plural	kartonotok	kartonjaitok
3rd person plural	kartonjuk	kartonjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

• kartonáru
• kartongyár
• kartonkötény
• kartonnyomás
• kartonruha
• kartonszoknya
• kartonvászon
• szaténkarton

Further reading

• (cardboard): karton in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (calico): karton in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch karton, from French carton, from Italian cartone, carta, from Latin charta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs, “papyrus, paper”). Doublet of kardus, kartel, kartu, katrij, kartrid, and kertas.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkarton/ [ˈkar.t̪ɔn]
• Rhymes: -arton
• Syllabification: kar‧ton

Noun

karton (plural karton-karton)

1. cardboard, paperboard

Further reading

• “karton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

kartony

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek χάρτης (khártēs)bor.

Latin charta

Italian carta

Proto-Indo-European *-ōder.

Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.?

Latin -ōnem

Italian -one

Italian cartonebor.

French cartonbor.

Polish karton

Borrowed from French carton. First attested in the second half of the 18th century.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈkar.tɔn/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈkar.tɔn/
• (Masovia):
  • (Podlachia) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.tɔn]
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Eastern Kraków) IPA^(key): [ˈkar.tɔn]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -artɔn
• Syllabification: kar‧ton

Noun

karton m inan (diminutive kartonik, related adjective kartonowy)

1. (uncountable) cardboard (a wood-based material resembling heavy paper, used in the manufacture of boxes, cartons and signs)

   Synonyms: brystol, tektura

2. (countable) cardboard box (an industrially prefabricated box made from cardboard, primarily used for packaging goods or materials and often recycled)
   1. (countable) cardboard box (contents of such a box)
3. (countable, art) cartoon (drawing on thick paper or canvas used as a pattern for monumental compositions)
4. (Eastern Kraków, Gdów, Bochnia) machine-made canvas

   Hypernym: płótno

5. (obsolete or dialectal, Podlachia, Tykocin, textiles) percale (fine, closely woven fabric, made from cotton, polyester or a mix of these, and used for sheets and clothing)

   Synonym: perkal

6. (obsolete) card (sheet of printed paper)
7. (obsolete, printing) replacement (newly printed corrected card to replace the incorrect one)

Declension

Declension of karton

	singular	plural
nominative	karton	kartony
genitive	kartonu	kartonów
dative	kartonowi	kartonom
accusative	karton	kartony
instrumental	kartonem	kartonami
locative	kartonie	kartonach
vocative	kartonie	kartony

Derived terms

nouns

• kartoniarka
• kartoniarz

verbs

• kartonować impf

Related terms

nouns

• karta
• kartonaż
• kartoniarstwo

Descendants

• → Kashubian: kartón

Further reading

• “karton”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “karton”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “karton”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1902), “karton”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 2, Warsaw, page 283
• Jan Karłowicz (1901), “karton”, in Słownik gwar polskich [Dictionary of Polish dialects] (in Polish), volume 2: F do K, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 318

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Karton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kǎrtoːn/
• Hyphenation: kar‧ton

Noun

kàrtōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling ка̀рто̄н)

1. (uncountable) cardboard, paperboard

Declension

Declension of karton

	singular
nominative	kàrtōn
genitive	kartóna
dative	kartonu
accusative	karton
vocative	kartone
locative	kartonu
instrumental	kartonom

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch karton, from French carton.

Noun

karton

1. cardboard

Adjective

karton

1. cardboard

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cartón, from French carton.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈton/ [kɐɾˈt̪on̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: kar‧ton

Noun

kartón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜇ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

1. cardboard; paperboard
2. cardboard box

Related terms

• karta
• kartun

Further reading

• “karton”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• kontra

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish قارتون (karton), from French carton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾ.tɔn/

Noun

karton (definite accusative kartonu, plural kartonlar)

1. cardboard

Declension

Declension of karton

	singular	plural
nominative	karton	kartonlar
definite accusative	kartonu	kartonları
dative	kartona	kartonlara
locative	kartonda	kartonlarda
ablative	kartondan	kartonlardan
genitive	kartonun	kartonların

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch karton, from French carton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈton/

Noun

karton n (plural kartonnen, diminutive kartontsje)

1. cardboard, paperboard

Further reading

• “karton”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011