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Anton
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anton Antón Antôn Antoň An Tôn
English
Etymology
Borrowed from en de Anton and from other northern European languages. en Anthony.
Proper noun
~ s
en male Latin.
en 2011 w:Sophie Hannah Lasting Damage Hodder & Stoughton 9780340980651 78 'As far as I'm concerned, he's Benjamin Rigby,' said Kit, after the first time we met him. 'He seems like a decent baby and he deserves a decent name. Not that his father's got one, so I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.' Kit thinks it's only acceptable to 'go around calling yourself Anton', as he puts it, if you're Spanish, Mexican or Colombian, or if you're a hairdresser or a professional ice-skater.
en.
en bg,be,ru,uk Анто́н male given name.
en place c/USA:
en ucomm co/Washington County s/Colorado.
en city co/Hockley County s/Texas.
en ucomm town:pref/Superior co/Douglas County s/Wisconsin.
en river co/Hampshire cc/England a tributary of the River riv/Test.
en village/and/mun in p:suf/Sofia c/Bulgaria.
Derived terms
en Anton syndrome
en Ruzicka Goerz Anton syndrome
Anagrams
en annot annot. nanto
Albanian
Proper noun
m
sq male
Declension
Basque
Alternative forms
eu Andoni Antton Antxon
Etymology
eu :bor es:Antón + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
an
eu male Anthony,es:Antonio
Declension
an.pr
References
Catalan
Etymology
Short form of ca Antoni.
Proper noun
m
ca male
Cornish
Proper noun
kw proper noun
en Antony, kw village/and/civil parish in east co/Cornwall cc/England
Danish
Etymology
From da la Antonius. Cognate to en Anthony.
Proper noun
da male
Related terms
pet forms: da Tonny, da Tony, da Tonni
female forms: da Antonie, da Antoinette
Dutch
Etymology
From nl la Antonius. Cognate to en Anthony.
Pronunciation
nl Nl-Anton.ogg
Proper noun
m
nl male
Derived terms
nl Ton
Related terms
nl Antoon
nl Teun
nl Teunis
nl Toon
Estonian
Etymology
From et la Antonius. Cognate to en Anthony.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et male
Related terms
et Tõnis, et Tõnn, et Tõnu
Faroese
Etymology
fo
Proper noun
fo proper noun m
fo male
Usage notes
m Antonsson Antonsdóttir
Declension
Anton Anton Antoni Antons
Finnish
Etymology 1
From fi la Antonius. Cognate with en Anthony.
Pronunciation
ant(:)on
Proper noun
fi male
fi 1986 Vuokko Tolonen Lastenhuone Otava 9511090925 19 —Pojan! Hoitaja nostaa päänsä paperista, närkästyneenä tai hölmistyneenä. Tästä ei tällä menolla tule ikinä mitään.—Anton.Jos se on ihme ja poika, niin olkoon Tšehovin kunniaksi ja Jorman mieliksi.—Yhdellä vai kahdella teellä?Me emme ymmärrä toisiamme. En haluaisi jättää mahaani hänen armoilleen. —A boy! The nurse looks back up from the paper, either offended or stupefied. This will go nowhere at this rate.—Anton.If it's a boy by some miracle, let him be in honor of Chekhov and to please Jorma.—One or two Ts?We don't understand each other. I wouldn't want to entrust my belly to this nurse.
Declension
Anton a 0
Related terms
fi Anttoni, fi Antto, fi Toni
Statistics
dvv_20250813 6857 7815 102 5 10
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi proper noun form
fi Antto gen s
References
Anagrams
fi annot annot naton
German
Etymology
de la Antōnius. Cognate to en Anthony.
Pronunciation
de /ˈantɔn/ /ˈantoːn/
de De-at Anton.ogg Austria
de De-Anton.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de An ton
Proper noun
m,s:-[with an article] Antonia
de male Latin
Symbol
de symbol
The letter de A in the German spelling alphabet.
Icelandic
Proper noun
@@
is male
Declension
m.dat-:i
Norwegian
Etymology
From no la Antonius. Cognate to en Anthony.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no male
Related terms
variants: no Tony
female forms: no Antonie, no Tonje
Romanian
Alternative forms
ro Антон new cyrl
Etymology
ro :clipping Antonie + 1
Pronunciation
ro /anˈton/
ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Anton.wav male voice
ro on 2
ro An ton
Proper noun
m
ro
ro male Antoniu
References
Slovak
Etymology
sk
Pronunciation
sk /ˈantɔn/
Proper noun
m-pr
sk male
Declension
m-pr name
Derived terms
sk Tóno, sk Tono, sk Toňo, sk Tonko
sk Tonuľo, sk Tonuľko
sk Antuš, sk Antuško
Further reading
Slovene
sl:
Etymology
From sl la Antonius. Cognate to en Anthony.
Pronunciation
Antọ̑n
Proper noun
Antọ̑n m-an
sl male
Declension
Antón 1 sg
Related terms
variants: sl Tóne
female forms: sl Antónija
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From sv la Antonius. First recorded in Sweden in 1623. Cognate with en Anthony.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Anton.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male
Related terms
(male given names) sv Tony
(female names) sv Antonia
(surnames) sv Antonsson
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 33 431 males with the given name Anton living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1990s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv annot notan