jeton

See also: Jeton and ĵeton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French jeton.

Noun

jeton (plural jetons)

1. A counter or token.
   • 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 490:

     The girl took a jeton and was given a fresh towel which she draped over her arm like a waiter.

Translations

A counter

• Bulgarian: жетон m (žeton)
• Czech: žeton m
• Finnish: pelimarkka

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French jeton.

Noun

jeton c (singular definite jetonen, plural indefinite jetoner)

1. game piece, game token

Declension

Declension of jeton

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jeton	jetonen	jetoner	jetonerne
genitive	jetons	jetonens	jetoners	jetonernes

References

• “jeton” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “jeton” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Esperanto

Noun

jeton

1. accusative singular of jeto

French

Etymology

From jeter +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.tɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: jetons

Noun

jeton m (plural jetons)

1. a game chip or token, a counter
2. (Africa) a coin
3. a Scrabble tile

Derived terms

• avoir les jetons
• être faux comme un jeton
• faux jeton
• foutre les jetons
• jeton non fongible

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: getó
• → English: jeton
• → Hebrew: ז'יטון (jiton)
• → Italian: gettone
• → Louisiana Creole: jetnée
• → Persian: ژتون (žeton)
• → Polish: żeton
• → Romanian: jeton
• → Russian: жетон (žeton)
• → Swedish: jetong
• → Turkish: jeton

Further reading

• “jeton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French jeton.

Noun

jeton n (plural jetoane)

1. token

Declension

Declension of jeton

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) jeton	jetonul	(niște) jetoane	jetoanele
genitive/dative	(unui) jeton	jetonului	(unor) jetoane	jetoanelor
vocative	jetonule		jetoanelor

Further reading

• jeton in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French jeton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒeˈton/
• Hyphenation: je‧ton

Noun

jeton (definite accusative jetonu, plural jetonlar)

1. chip, token, jeton