tonton in Haitian Creole

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tonton makout"
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From French tonton.",
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "uncle"
      ],
      "id": "en-tonton-ht-noun-MQfqAwGi",
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        [
          "uncle",
          "uncle"
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        }
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        "old man"
      ],
      "id": "en-tonton-ht-noun-DKUym1yx",
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        [
          "old man",
          "old man"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ̃tɔ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonton"
}

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      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "From French tonton.",
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  "lang": "Haitian Creole",
  "lang_code": "ht",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "huge"
      ],
      "id": "en-tonton-ht-adj-XlgO7ho5",
      "links": [
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large, big"
      ],
      "id": "en-tonton-ht-adj-equlKm5p",
      "links": [
        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ̃tɔ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonton"
}

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    "Haitian Creole adjectives",
    "Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header",
    "Haitian Creole lemmas",
    "Haitian Creole nouns",
    "Haitian Creole terms derived from French",
    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ht:Male family members"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "tonton makout"
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French tonton.",
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      },
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        "uncle"
      ],
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          "uncle"
        ]
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        }
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "old man"
      ],
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        [
          "old man",
          "old man"
        ]
      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ̃tɔ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonton"
}

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    "Pages with 9 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "ht:Male family members"
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  "lang": "Haitian Creole",
  "lang_code": "ht",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "huge"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "huge",
          "huge"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "large, big"
      ],
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        [
          "large",
          "large"
        ],
        [
          "big",
          "big"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɔ̃tɔ̃/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tonton"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Haitian Creole dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (0c45963 and 3c020d2). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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"tonton" meaning in Haitian Creole

Adjective

Noun