donjon
English
editEtymology
editA variant of dungeon remodelled on its etymon, Old French donjon.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɒn.d͡ʒən/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈdɑn.d͡ʒən/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈdɔn.d͡ʒən/
Noun
editdonjon (plural donjons)
- The fortified tower and main residence of a motte or early castle; a keep.
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, chapter VII, in Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 106:
- It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 132:
- […] the prison fortress called Qomr, a mound of yellowish brick rising up from the left back of the turbid river, in whose donjon by long tradition the warlord was obliged to lay his head.
Related terms
editTranslations
editfortified tower — see keep
Dutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editdonjon m (plural donjons, diminutive donjonnetje n)
Synonyms
editFrench
editEtymology
editFrom Old French donjon, from Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdonjon m (plural donjons)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “donjon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editNoun
editdonjon
- Alternative form of dongeoun
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Vulgar Latin *dominiōnem. Compare Old Occitan domnhon.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdonjon oblique singular, m (oblique plural donjons, nominative singular donjons, nominative plural donjon)
- keep, donjon
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- Li chiens gardoit par le donjon / Qar mis estoit a grant freor / Quant il ne voiet son seignor.
- The dog looked through the keep, for he felt a great terror when he couldn't see his master.
Descendants
edit- French: donjon (see there for further descendants)
- Picard: donjôn (Athois)
- → Middle English: dongeoun (partly)
- → Medieval Latin: donjōnus
References
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editdonjon n (plural donjoane)
Declension
editDeclension of donjon
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) donjon | donjonul | (niște) donjoane | donjoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) donjon | donjonului | (unor) donjoane | donjoanelor |
vocative | donjonule | donjoanelor |
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