"tonton" meaning in Français

See tonton in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \tɔ̃.tɔ̃\ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-tonton.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lunagrouh-tonton.wav Forms: tontons [plural]
  1. Oncle. Tags: childish
    Sense id: fr-tonton-fr-noun-9OkQNtNL Categories (other): Exemples en français, Langage enfantin en français
  2. Personne hors de la famille pour laquelle quelqu’un de plus jeune a une affection de type filial. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: fr-tonton-fr-noun-XCbLDpWV
  3. Informateur.
    Sense id: fr-tonton-fr-noun-uSGSbKs9 Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en français de la police Topics: police
  4. Trésorier d'une association. Tags: slang
    Sense id: fr-tonton-fr-noun-L6oh-rDz Categories (other): Argot de l’école nationale supérieure des Arts et Métiers en français Topics: Gadz'Arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mononcle [colloquial], nonon Related terms: tata, tantine, tatan Translations: oom (Afrikaans), عم (aam) [masculine] (Arabe), tonton (Breton), eontr (Breton), tiet (Catalan), striko (Croate), ujo (Croate), oĉjo (Espéranto), μπάρμπας (Grec), bácsi (Hongrois), ағатай (ağatay (2)) (Kazakh), nonkel (Néerlandais), quenque (Occitan), toton (Occitan), mononk' (Picard), wujaszek (Polonais), wujcio (Polonais), wujko (Polonais)

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "kind": "other",
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    "(1712) Altération enfantine d’oncle, d’après tata, tantine."
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      ]
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  "lang_code": "fr",
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          "text": "Petite consolation, avant de monter dans l'auto, Judith lui a dit que tonton et tata Siou lui ont promis de la ramener quand ils reviendront, dans une semaine ou deux, pour achever de débarrasser la maison."
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        "Québec"
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      "word": "mononcle"
    },
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        "Vosges"
      ],
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      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "oom"
    },
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      "lang": "Arabe",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "aam",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "tiet"
    },
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      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "striko"
    },
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      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "ujo"
    },
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      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "oĉjo"
    },
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      "lang": "Grec",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "word": "μπάρμπας"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hongrois",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "word": "bácsi"
    },
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "ağatay (2)",
      "word": "ағатай"
    },
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    },
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      "word": "quenque"
    },
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      "lang_code": "oc",
      "word": "toton"
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      "word": "Notton"
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    "(1712) Altération enfantine d’oncle, d’après tata, tantine."
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    }
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      "word": "tata"
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      "word": "tantine"
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      "word": "tatan"
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          "text": "Exemple graphique et violent, doit eter change"
        },
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          "ref": "Gilbert Mercier, Les sabots fendus, éditions Archipel, 2013",
          "text": "Petite consolation, avant de monter dans l'auto, Judith lui a dit que tonton et tata Siou lui ont promis de la ramener quand ils reviendront, dans une semaine ou deux, pour achever de débarrasser la maison."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Oncle."
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        "childish"
      ]
    },
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      ],
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        "broadly"
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          "text": "Pour faire tomber des trafiquants, les flics des Stups en laissent d’autres en liberté : leurs fameux tontons, sans lesquels ils n’auraient pas d’affaires. C’est tout le paradoxe du système."
        },
        {
          "ref": "Pierre Folacci, Condé : Un flic à la PJ, La Manufacture de livres, 2017",
          "text": "J'ai repris mes anciennes habitudes. Je sors le soir dans les bars pour rencontrer des gens, y aller à la cool pour m’attirer leur sympathie et essayer d’obtenir des informations, prendre la température du territoire, bref chercher si possible de nouveaux tontons."
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      "word": "mononcle"
    },
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      "lang_code": "af",
      "word": "oom"
    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "word": "eontr"
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      "lang_code": "ca",
      "word": "tiet"
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    {
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      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "striko"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Croate",
      "lang_code": "hr",
      "word": "ujo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Espéranto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "word": "oĉjo"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Grec",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "word": "μπάρμπας"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Hongrois",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "word": "bácsi"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "lang_code": "kk",
      "roman": "ağatay (2)",
      "word": "ағатай"
    },
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      "lang": "Néerlandais",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "word": "nonkel"
    },
    {
      "lang": "Occitan",
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      "word": "quenque"
    },
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      "word": "toton"
    },
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      "lang": "Picard",
      "lang_code": "pcd",
      "word": "mononk'"
    },
    {
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      "lang_code": "pl",
      "word": "wujaszek"
    },
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      "lang_code": "pl",
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    },
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}

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