føn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
føn c (singular definite fønen, plural indefinite føner)
- foehn
- blow-dryer, hairdryer (an electrical device used for drying hair)
- blow-dry (an instance of blow-drying)
Inflection edit
Declension of føn
Synonyms edit
- (foehn): fønvind
- (blow-dryer): føntørrer
- (blow-dry): føntørring
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From German Föhn (“foehn”), inherited from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, an alteration of Latin favōnius (“west wind”), from Favōnius (“Roman wind god”). Compare Danish føn and Swedish föhn.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
føn m (definite singular fønen, indefinite plural føner, definite plural fønene)
- foehn, a warm dry wind eveloping on the lee side of a mountain.
- føn over fjellene
- foehn over the mountains
- blow-dry (an instance of blow-drying)
- bestille vask og føn hos frisøren
- to order a wash and blow-dry at the hairdresser
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References edit
- “føn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.