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Dutch
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Etymology
From Middle Dutch tineel, from Old French tinel; further origin uncertain. The modern Dutch term was adapted to tonen by folk etymology.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /toːˈneːl/
- Hyphenation: to‧neel
- Rhymes: -eːl
Noun
toneel n (plural tonelen, diminutive toneeltje n)
- stage, scene, place for a performance in front of an assembled audience
- Synonyms: podium, planken
- scene, depiction on stage (often in the diminutive) or part of a performance
- (used absolutely, with definite article: het toneel) theatre, the dramatical arts
- Synonym: theater
- (figuratively) theatre, site or area where something (a crime, battle...) happens
- Synonym: theater
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