Tolkien

Likely from Middle Low German Tolkin (literally “son of Tolk”), which is probably also related to Polish Tołkiny and German Tolksdorf, names for a Prussian town; the nickname Tolk is connected to Middle Low German tolk (“interpreter”), from Proto-Slavic *tъlkъ.^[1] J. R. R. Tolkien subscribed to a folk etymology that connected the name with German tollkühn (“foolhardy”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒlkiːn/

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• Hyphenation: Tol‧kien

Tolkien (plural Tolkiens)

1. (countable) A surname.
   1. British author J. R. R. Tolkien

      Synonym: JRRT

• “Tolkien”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “Tolkien”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “Tolkien”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
• “Tolkien”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• J. R. R. Tolkien on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• telokin

Borrowed from English Tolkien.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔl.kjɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlkjɛn
• Syllabification: Tol‧kien

Tolkien m pers

1. J. R. R. Tolkien

• Tolkien in Polish dictionaries at PWN