Explore Tontines through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Tontines meaning
plural of tontine
Using Tontines
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of tontine
Context around Tontines
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tontines
- In this selection, "tontines" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, traditional and kamini stand out and add context to how "tontines" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include shows kamini tontines 12 from and so tontines are of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tontines" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tontines
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This is why some Cameroonians keep to the traditional tontines. (10 words)
So tontines are of more than purely academic interest, even if it’s academics like Milevsky who are trying to get government and industry interested in taking it to market. (30 words)
This image, titled "Banned Beauty", by Heba Khamis, which was awarded the first prize in the category Contemporary Issues stories, shows Kamini Tontines (12), from Bafang, western Cameroon, hiding her breasts after her mother has ironed them. (37 words)
This image, titled "Banned Beauty", by Heba Khamis, which was awarded the first prize in the category Contemporary Issues stories, shows Kamini Tontines (12), from Bafang, western Cameroon, hiding her breasts after her mother has ironed them. (37 words)
So tontines are of more than purely academic interest, even if it’s academics like Milevsky who are trying to get government and industry interested in taking it to market. (30 words)
This is why some Cameroonians keep to the traditional tontines. (10 words)
Example sentences (3)
This is why some Cameroonians keep to the traditional tontines.
So tontines are of more than purely academic interest, even if it’s academics like Milevsky who are trying to get government and industry interested in taking it to market.
This image, titled "Banned Beauty", by Heba Khamis, which was awarded the first prize in the category Contemporary Issues stories, shows Kamini Tontines (12), from Bafang, western Cameroon, hiding her breasts after her mother has ironed them.