Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch vonte, from Old French fonte, from Latin fons (source; baptismal font).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɔnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vont
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

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vont f or n (plural vonten)

  1. (Christianity) baptismal font
    Synonym: doopvont

Usage notes

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Now a less common and more specialist term than doopvont.

Derived terms

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French

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Etymology

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From an assumed Vulgar Latin *vaunt, from Latin vadunt.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vont

  1. third-person plural present indicative of aller
  2. third-person plural present indicative of vader

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvont]
  • Hyphenation: vont

Etymology 1

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von (to pull, to draw) +‎ -t

Verb

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vont

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of von

Participle

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vont

  1. past participle of von

Etymology 2

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von (won [currency]) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

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vont

  1. accusative singular of von

Old French

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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vont

  1. third-person plural present indicative of aler