fon
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English fonne (noun). More at fun.
NounEdit
fon (plural fons)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- fon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
fon (plural fons)
- A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
- 2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front, →ISBN, page 71:
- Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA), […]
- 2010, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon →ISBN, page 53:
- In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.
- 2011, Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives →ISBN, page 152:
- Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and Bafut into key positions of the party […]
Derived termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
VerbEdit
fon
- third-person singular present indicative form of fondre
- second-person singular imperative form of fondre
CornishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fon m (plural fons)
FrenchEdit
NounEdit
fon m (uncountable)
- Fon (language)
Further readingEdit
- “fon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GothicEdit
RomanizationEdit
fōn
- Romanization of 𐍆𐍉𐌽
Haitian CreoleEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
fon
Etymology 2Edit
From French front (“forehead”).
NounEdit
fon
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Uralic *puna- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates include Southern Mansi po̰n- and Finnish punoa.[1][2]
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fon
- (transitive) to spin (to make thread by twisting fibers)
- Gyapjút fontak. - They were spinning wool.
- (transitive) to weave
- kosarat fon - to weave baskets
- (transitive) to weave something (into something -ba/-be)
- Gyöngyöket font a hajába. - She wove pearls in her hair.
- (transitive) to braid, plait (to interweave three or more strands, strips)
- A haját copfba fonta. - She plaited her hair.
ConjugationEdit
| 1st person sg | 2nd person sg informal |
3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal |
1st person pl | 2nd person pl informal |
3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indica- tive mood |
Pre- sent |
Indef. | fonok | fonsz | fon | fonunk | fontok | fonnak |
| Def. | fonom | fonod | fonja | fonjuk | fonjátok | fonják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | fonlak | ― | ||||||
| Past | Indef. | fontam | fontál | font | fontunk | fontatok | fontak | |
| Def. | fontam | fontad | fonta | fontuk | fontátok | fonták | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | fontalak | ― | ||||||
| Condi- tional mood |
Pre- sent |
Indef. | fonnék | fonnál | fonna | fonnánk | fonnátok | fonnának |
| Def. | fonnám | fonnád | fonná | fonnánk | fonnátok | fonnák | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | fonnálak | ― | ||||||
| Sub- junc- tive mood |
Pre- sent |
Indef. | fonjak | fonj or fonjál |
fonjon | fonjunk | fonjatok | fonjanak |
| Def. | fonjam | fond or fonjad |
fonja | fonjuk | fonjátok | fonják | ||
| 2nd-p. o. | fonjalak | ― | ||||||
| Infinitive | fonni | fonnom | fonnod | fonnia | fonnunk | fonnotok | fonniuk | |
| Other nonfinite verb forms |
Verbal noun | Present participle | Past participle | Future part. | Adverbial part. | Potential | ||
| fonás | fonó | font or fonott | fonandó | fonva | fonhat | |||
Derived termsEdit
(With verbal prefixes):
(Expressions):
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Entry #812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
IndonesianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Dutch foon (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fon (plural, first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)
- (linguistics) phone, a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.
Etymology 2Edit
From Dutch föhn (“foehn”), from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fon (plural, first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)
- (meteorology) foehn, a warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland, and similar warm dry wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.
Alternative formsEdit
Etymology 3Edit
From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fon (plural, first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)
- (computing, typography) font.
Alternative formsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
ItalianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
Originally a brandname, from German Fön, from Föhn, a warm, dry wind.
NounEdit
fon m (invariable)
- hairdryer, blowdryer
- Synonym: asciugacapelli
Derived termsEdit
Middle EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Unknown.
VerbEdit
fon
- Alternative form of fonnen
Etymology 2Edit
Unknown.
NounEdit
fon
- Alternative form of fonne
AdjectiveEdit
fon
- Alternative form of fonne
Etymology 3Edit
From Old English ġefān, plural of ġefāh.
NounEdit
fon
Old EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From earlier *fōhan [ˈfoː.hɑn], from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognate with Old Frisian fā, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch fān, Old High German fahan, Old Norse fá, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan).
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
fōn
- to catch, capture; seize
- c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- Hēr bēoþ oft fangene sēolas and hranas and mereswīn.
- Seals, whales and dolphins are often caught here.
- c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
- (with tō) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered
- (with tō) to conquer, take over
- Hīe cwǣdon þæt hē wolde tō þǣre byrġ fōn.
- They said he would take over the city.
ConjugationEdit
| infinitive | fōn | fōnne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | fō | fēng |
| 2nd-person singular | fēhst | fēnge |
| 3rd-person singular | fēhþ | fēng |
| plural | fōþ | fēngon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | fō | fēnge |
| plural | fōn | fēngen |
| imperative | ||
| singular | fōh | |
| plural | fōþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| fōnde | (ġe)fangen | |
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Old High GermanEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē (“from”).
PrepositionEdit
fon
DescendantsEdit
Old SaxonEdit
PrepositionEdit
fon
- Alternative form of fan
Saterland FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Germanic *afana. Compare West Frisian fan, German von.
PrepositionEdit
fon
Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PrepositionEdit
fon
Derived termsEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)
- basis, foundation
- (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting
DeclensionEdit
SynonymsEdit
VilamovianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German von (“from”), from Old High German fon, fona (“from”). Cognate with German von.
PrepositionEdit
fon