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tokin

/ˈtəʊkɪn/

tokin is the obsolete form of tocsin.

Meaning of tocsin

Noun

tocsin (plural tocsins)

  1. An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, originally especially with reference to France.
    • At half-past one, on the sounding of the tocsin (or bell of the public-house) about fifteen persons were collected, when the Rev. J. Bromley was called to the chair.1804 August 23, The Times, p.3 col. C
  2. A bell used to sound an alarm.

Noun

tokin (plural tokins)

  1. A promoted pawn.

Forms of tokin

pluraltokins

Origin of tokin

From Japanese と金 (tokin).

Questions about tokin

What does tokin mean?
Tokin means a promoted pawn.
What is tokin the obsolete form of?
Tokin is the obsolete form of tocsin.
What part of speech is tokin?
Tokin is a noun.
How do you pronounce tokin?
Tokin is pronounced /ˈtəʊkɪn/.
What is the plural of tokin?
The plural of tokin is tokins.

Words near tokin in the dictionary

  1. Tokhars
  2. tokhes
  3. tokheses
  4. toki
  5. toki pona
  6. tokin
  7. toking
  8. toking up
  9. tokinolide
  10. tokinolides
  11. tokins

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: tokin (page history and authors); tocsin (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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