gordon

See also: Gordon

Hungarian

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Italian bordon (“a tambourine-like musical instrument with a deep sound”), although the Italian b- to the Hungarian g- assimilation cannot be explained.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡordon]
• Hyphenation: gor‧don
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

gordon (plural gordonok)

1. (music, formal) double bass, contrabass

   Synonym: (more common) nagybőgő

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	gordon	gordonok
accusative	gordont	gordonokat
dative	gordonnak	gordonoknak
instrumental	gordonnal	gordonokkal
causal-final	gordonért	gordonokért
translative	gordonná	gordonokká
terminative	gordonig	gordonokig
essive-formal	gordonként	gordonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gordonban	gordonokban
superessive	gordonon	gordonokon
adessive	gordonnál	gordonoknál
illative	gordonba	gordonokba
sublative	gordonra	gordonokra
allative	gordonhoz	gordonokhoz
elative	gordonból	gordonokból
delative	gordonról	gordonokról
ablative	gordontól	gordonoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	gordoné	gordonoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	gordonéi	gordonokéi

Possessive forms of gordon
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gordonom	gordonjaim
2nd person sing.	gordonod	gordonjaid
3rd person sing.	gordonja	gordonjai
1st person plural	gordonunk	gordonjaink
2nd person plural	gordonotok	gordonjaitok
3rd person plural	gordonjuk	gordonjaik

Derived terms

• gordonka

 

Further reading

• (double bass, contrabass): gordon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• (strong, dry-stalked weed from whose flowers dye is extracted): gordon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• gordon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈkoːrːton/

Verb

gōrdon

1. first-person singular imperative of goardit