"tonton" meaning in French

See tonton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /tɔ̃.tɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tonton.wav Forms: tontons [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} tonton m (plural tontons)
  1. (childish) uncle Tags: childish, masculine Synonyms: oncle
    Sense id: en-tonton-fr-noun-MQfqAwGi
  2. (police slang) snitch, informer Tags: masculine, slang Categories (topical): Male family members
    Sense id: en-tonton-fr-noun-uTPG7RC2 Disambiguation of Male family members: 30 70 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French reduplications Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of French reduplications: 10 90 Topics: law-enforcement, police
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tata, maman, papa

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for tonton meaning in French (1.9kB)

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