English

Etymology
Old English tacen|t�cen, from Germanic *taiknam. Cognate with Dutch teken, German Zeichen, Swedish tecken.

Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/�t��k�n/
(General American|US) IPA|/�to�k�n/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��k�n|-��k�n

Adjective
token

1. Done as an indication or a pledge; perfunctory, minimal or merely symbolic

Noun
en-noun

1. Something or someone serving as an expression of something else.
2. A keepsake or souvenir.
3. A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money.
4. computing An atomic piece of data (esp. the text of a computer program) for which a meaning may be inferred during parsing. Also called a symbol.

Derived terms
by the same token

Translations
trans-top|Something serving as an expression of something else
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|A keepsake or souvenir
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|A piece of stamped metal used as a substitute for money
Finnish: poletti, rahake
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|An atomic piece of data
Finnish: rahake
trans-mid
trans-bottom

checktrans-top
ttbc|Turkish: ni�an, sembol, jeton, yadigâr
checktrans-bottom

Swedish

Noun
token

1. Definite form singular of tok

ang:token
fa:token
fr:token
io:token
ru:token
fi:token
ta:token
te:token
vi:token
tr:token

• 2007-10-06 17:25 - Connel MacKenzie - ===Hdr===, {top/mid/bot}->trans, [[User:Connel MacKenzie/Format|fmt]]

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