"Tony" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈtoʊni/ [US], /ˈtəʊni/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tony.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -əʊni Etymology: The statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing are formally known as “Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre”; they are named for Antoinette Perry (1888–1946), an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who was nicknamed Tony. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Tony
  1. A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names, English diminutives of male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Tony-en-name-Y-D2gjKA Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 37 35 27 1 Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 32 38 29 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 36 28 6
  2. A female given name Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names, English diminutives of male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Tony-en-name-44it7l9B Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 37 35 27 1 Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 32 38 29 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 36 28 6
  3. A surname transferred from the given name Categories (topical): English diminutives of male given names, English unisex given names
    Sense id: en-Tony-en-name-fFg2Axem Disambiguation of English diminutives of male given names: 37 35 27 1 Disambiguation of English unisex given names: 32 38 29 1 Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 33 38 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 30 36 28 6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Newton Tony Translations (male given name): 托尼 (Tuōní) (Chinese Mandarin), Αντωνάκης (Antonákis) [masculine] (Greek), Τόνι (Tóni) [from English, transliteration] (Greek), Tony [masculine] (Italian), Tonio [masculine] (Italian), トーニ (Tōni) (Japanese), 토니 (english: Toni) (Korean), Antek [masculine] (Polish)
Disambiguation of 'male given name': 34 38 28

Noun

IPA: /ˈtoʊni/ [US], /ˈtəʊni/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Tony.wav [Southern-England] Forms: Tonys [plural], Tonies [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊni Etymology: The statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing are formally known as “Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre”; they are named for Antoinette Perry (1888–1946), an actress, director, producer and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing, who was nicknamed Tony. Head templates: {{en-noun|s|+}} Tony (plural Tonys or Tonies)
  1. Any of the statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing.
    Sense id: en-Tony-en-noun-hBrjrM9s

Inflected forms

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.