godon
See also: Godoń
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French godon, speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
godon (feminine godonne, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godonnes)
Gothic edit
Romanization edit
gōdōn
- Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍉𐌽
Ladin edit
Verb edit
godon
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
godon m (plural godons, feminine singular godone, feminine plural godones)
- (ethnic slur) Englishman
- 15th century, anonymous (perhaps Olivier Basselin), “Chanson LXI”, in Armand Gasté, editor, Chansons normandes du XVè siècle, 1866:
- Ne craignez point a les batre / ces Godons, panches a pois / Car vng de nous en vault quatre / Au moins en vault il bien troys
- Do not fear at all to fight them / These pea-bellied godons / Because one of us is worth four of them / [Or] at least, well worth three of them.
- (derogatory) glutton
Adjective edit
godon m (feminine singular godone, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godones)
- (ethnic slur) English
- c. 1490, “Le Roy engloys”, in Manuscrit de Bayeux:
- Ils ont chargé l'artillerie sur mer / Force biscuit et chascun ung bidon / Et par la mer jusqu'en Bisquaye aller / Pour couronner leur petit roy godon.
- They embarked the artillery on ship / [With] many biscuits and each man a bottle / And went by sea up to Biscay / To crown their little godon king.
Descendants edit
- French: godon
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔdɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːdɔn/, /ˈɡɔdɔn/
Verb edit
godon
- Soft mutation of codon.
Mutation edit
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| codon | godon | nghodon | chodon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||