Skip to content
HOW TO PRONOUNCE

timon

/ˈtaɪmən/

Press play to hear how to pronounce timon.

American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
Watch on YouTube ↗

What does timon mean?

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/ˈtaɪmən/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

See this word in context.

If I want gold, steal but a beggar’s dog And give it Timon, why, the dog coins gold.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
At the celebration of the festival of flagons, these two kept the feast together, and Apemantus saying to him, "What a pleasant party, Timon!"
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
More book examples (2)
The coroner, in Mr. Wopsle’s hands, became Timon of Athens; the beadle, Coriolanus.
Charles DickensGreat ExpectationsProject Gutenberg ebook #1400
And therefore Diogenes, who passed away his time in rolling himself in his tub, and made nothing of the great Alexander, esteeming us no better than flies or bladders puffed up with wind, was a sharper and more penetrating, and, consequently in my opinion, a juster judge than Timon, surnamed the Man-hater; for what a man hates he lays to heart.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600