jeton

Borrowed from French jeton.

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.

Borrowed from French jeton.

jeton c (singular definite jetonen, plural indefinite jetoner)

1. game piece, game token

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

jeton

1. accusative singular of jeto

From jeter +‎ -on.

• IPA^(key): /ʒə.tɔ̃/

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• Rhymes: -ɔ̃
• Homophone: jetons

jeton m (plural jetons)

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

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

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

Borrowed from French jeton.

jeton n (plural jetoane)

1. token

• “jeton”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Borrowed from French jeton.

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

jeton (definite accusative jetonu, plural jetonlar)

1. chip, token, jeton