dont

See also: don't and dönt

English

Contraction

dont

1. Misspelling of don't.
2. Obsolete spelling of don't.

   dont tread on me

Breton

Alternative forms

• doned

Etymology

A suppletive verb. The verbal noun is from Middle Breton donet (influenced by monet (“to go”)), from Old Breton diminet. Cognate with Welsh dyfod, dod, and Cornish dos, dones; from Old Breton di, do + monet (“to go”). The other forms are from Proto-Celtic *toageti, itself also a suppletive verb (stemming from *ageti (“to drive”) and *pelh₂-). See also Old Irish do·aig (“to drive off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃nt/

Verb

dont

1. (intransitive) to come

Inflection

  Mutation of dont  

Breton consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
dont	zont	unchanged	tont	tont

Conjugation

Conjugation of dont

Personal forms
	Indicative				Conditional		Imperative
	Present	Imperfect	Preterite	Future	Present	Imperfect
1s	deuan	deuen	deuis	deuin	deufen	deujen	-
2s	deuez	deues	deujout	deui	deufes	deujes	deu
3s	deu	deue	deuas	deuo	deufe	deuje	deuet
1p	deuomp	deuemp	deujomp	deuimp	deufemp	deujemp	deuomp
2p	deuit	deuec'h	deujoc'h	deuot	deufec'h	deujec'h	deuit
3p	deuont	deuent	deujont	deuint	deufent	deujent	deuent
0	deuer	deued	deujod	deuor	deufed	deujed	-
Impersonal forms					Mutated forms
Infinitive		dont, donet			Soft mutation after a		a zeu-
Present participle		o tont			Mixed mutation after e		e teu-
Past participle		deuet (auxiliary verb: bezañ)			Soft mutation after ne/na		ne/na zeu-

Derived terms

• a zeu

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌnˀd/

Noun

dont

1. a (piece of) work, a deed

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dont, from Old French dunt, from Vulgar Latin/Latin dē unde (“from where”). Compare Spanish donde (“where”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/, (in liaison) /dɔ̃.t‿/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophones: dom, don, dons
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Pronoun

dont m or f

1. of/from whom/which, whose; whereof

   Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?

   Do you remember that of which we spoke?

   Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain.

   There is nothing of which I am still certain.

   Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ?

   What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?

   J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours.

   I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.

   La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable.

   The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.

   Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers.

   The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of great adventurers.

   Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste.

   These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.

   Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.

   Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.

2. (sometimes) by which

   Le coup dont il fut frappé.

   The blow by which he was struck.

3. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.

   Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.

   He had ten children, nine of them girls.

Synonyms

• (of which): de qui, de quoi, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels m pl, desquelles f pl

Derived terms

• dont acte
• dont appel
• dont auquel

Further reading

• “dont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tond

Middle English

Noun

dont

1. Alternative form of dint

Middle French

Alternative forms

• dant

Pronoun

dont

1. of whom; of which

Descendants

• French: dont

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Preposition

dont

1. including, such as
   • 2019 October 31, “Los Estats Units an reconegut lo genodici armèni”, in Jornalet‎^[1]:

     A l'ora d'ara, son de desenas d’estats qu’an reconegut lo genocidi armèni, dont l’estat francés.

     Currently, there are dozens of states that have recognized the Armenian genocide, including the French state.