tonton

tɔ̃tɔ̃

Definition

Definition of tonton - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

familleoncle dans le langage des enfants

Mon tonton Pierre vient nous voir dimanche.

oncle

parrain

tata

affectionhomme proche de la famille qu'un enfant appelle affectueusement

Les enfants disent tonton à ce vieil ami de papa.

ami de la famille

bienfaiteur

protecteur

policepersonne qui donne des informations à la police

Le commissaire a interrogé son tonton habituel.

indic

informateur

mouchard

étudiant

Rare

trésorier d'une association étudiante

Rare

Le tonton gère les finances du club.

gestionnaire

responsable financier

trésorier

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tonton macoute

membre d'une milice paramilitaire haïtienne sous François Duvalier

Les tonton macoutes terrorisaient la population sous la dictature de Duvalier.

Origin of tonton

français, tonton (diminutif familier de 'oncle')

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Tonton Macoute

membre de la police secrète du président Duvalier en Haïti

Examples of tonton in a sentence

Nous allons chez tonton pour les vacances.
Tonton raconte toujours des histoires drôles.
J’ai demandé à tonton de m’aider avec mes devoirs.
Le tonton a permis d’arrêter le suspect rapidement.
Sans le tonton, l’enquête aurait duré plus longtemps.
Notre tonton a présenté le budget à l’assemblée.

Le tonton collecte les cotisations des membres chaque mois.

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English:uncle, uncle figure, ...
German:Onkel, Ziehonkel, ...
Italian:zio, informatore, ...
Spanish:tito, tío postizo, ...
Portuguese:tio, titio, ...
Chinese:叔叔, 伯伯, ...
Japanese:おじちゃん, 情報屋, ...
Arabic:خالو, عمّ, ...
Hebrew:דּוֹד, דּוֹד חָבִיב, ...
Russian:дядя, информатор, ...
Ukrainian:дядько, інформатор, ...
Catalan:tietó, tietet, ...
Danish:onkel, meddeler, ...
Dutch:oompje, neef, ...
Greek:θείος, μπαρμπάς, ...
Hungarian:bácsi, nagybácsi, ...
Khmer:ពូ, មា, ...
Korean:삼촌, 아저씨, ...
Polish:wujek, wujo, ...
Portuguese (BR):tio, informante, ...
Romanian:unchișor, unchi, ...
Swedish:farbror, onkel, ...
Thai:ลุง, อา, ...
Turkish:amca, muhbir, ...
Vietnamese:chú, chỉ điểm, ...

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