føn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"
Danish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editføn 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
editDeclension of føn
Synonyms
edit- (foehn): fønvind
- (blow-dryer): føntørrer
- (blow-dry): føntørring
Related terms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
editføn 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
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editReferences
edit- “føn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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