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fon

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fon

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fon.

English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English fonne (noun). More at fun.

Noun

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fon (plural fons)

  1. (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
    • c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 128–129:
      Delt he not lyke a fon?
      Delt he not lyke a daw?
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

 
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Noun

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fon (plural fons)

  1. 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 […]
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Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Noun

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fon m (plural fons)

  1. (linguistics) phone
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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fon

  1. inflection of fondre:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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fon (Valencia)

  1. (literary) third-person singular preterite indicative of ésser
    Synonym: fou (standard Catalan)
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite indicative of ésser
    Synonym: fui (standard Catalan, literary Valencian)

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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fon (Balearic)

  1. first-person singular present indicative of fonar
    Synonym: fono (standard Catalan)

Cornish

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  • (Late Cornish) IPA(key): /foːn/
  • (Middle Cornish) IPA(key): /fɔːn/

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fon m (plural fons)

  1. telephone, phone

French

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

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fon m (uncountable)

  1. Fon (language)

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Gothic

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Romanization

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fōn

  1. Romanization of 𐍆𐍉𐌽

Haitian Creole

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Etymology 1

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From French fond (“bottom”).

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fon

  1. bottom

Etymology 2

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From French front (“forehead”).

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fon

  1. forehead

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Uralic *puna-. Cognates include Southern Mansi po̰n-, Erzya понамс (ponams) and Finnish punoa.[1][2]

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fon

  1. (transitive) to spin (to make thread by twisting fibers)
    Gyapjút fontak. ― They were spinning (or they spun) wool.
  2. (transitive) to weave
    kosarat fon ― to weave baskets
  3. (transitive) to weave something (into something -ba/-be)
    Gyöngyöket font a hajába. ― She wove pearls in her hair.
  4. (transitive) to braid, plait (to interweave three or more strands, strips)
    A haját copfba fonta. ― She plaited her hair. (literally, “She wove her hair into a plait.”)
  5. (transitive) to twist (rope)
  6. (transitive) to twine (arms)

Conjugation

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conjugation of fon
Click for archaic forms 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


Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent 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 ―
Future Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fonni fog.
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. fonék fonál fona fonánk fonátok fonának
Def. fonám fonád foná fonánk fonátok fonák
2nd-p. o. fonálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fon vala, font vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. fonandok fonandasz fonand fonandunk fonandotok fonandanak
Def. fonandom fonandod fonandja fonandjuk fonandjátok fonandják
2nd-p. o. fonandalak ―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fonnék fonnál fonna fonnánk fonnátok fonnának
Def. fonnám fonnád fonná fonnánk
(or fonnók) 		fonnátok fonnák
2nd-p. o. fonnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. font volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fonjak fonj or
fonjál 		fonjon fonjunk fonjatok fonjanak
Def. fonjam fond or
fonjad 		fonja fonjuk fonjátok fonják
2nd-p. o. fonjalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. font légyen
Infinitive fonni fonnom fonnod fonnia fonnunk fonnotok fonniuk
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forms 		Verbal noun Present part. Past part. Future part. Adverbial participle Causative
fonás fonó font or fonott fonandó fonva (fonván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular
(and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).
potential conjugation of fon
Click for archaic forms 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
Indica­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fonhatok fonhatsz fonhat fonhatunk fonhattok fonhatnak
Def. fonhatom fonhatod fonhatja fonhatjuk fonhatjátok fonhatják
2nd-p. o. fonhatlak ―
Past Indef. fonhattam fonhattál fonhatott fonhattunk fonhattatok fonhattak
Def. fonhattam fonhattad fonhatta fonhattuk fonhattátok fonhatták
2nd-p. o. fonhattalak ―
Archaic
Preterit 		Indef. fonhaték fonhatál fonhata fonhatánk fonhatátok fonhatának
Def. fonhatám fonhatád fonhatá fonhatánk fonhatátok fonhaták
2nd-p. o. fonhatálak ―
Archaic Past Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. fonhat vala, fonhatott vala/volt.
Archaic
Future 		Indef. fonhatandok
or fonandhatok 		fonhatandasz
or fonandhatsz 		fonhatand
or fonandhat 		fonhatandunk
or fonandhatunk 		fonhatandotok
or fonandhattok 		fonhatandanak
or fonandhatnak
Def. fonhatandom
or fonandhatom 		fonhatandod
or fonandhatod 		fonhatandja
or fonandhatja 		fonhatandjuk
or fonandhatjuk 		fonhatandjátok
or fonandhatjátok 		fonhatandják
or fonandhatják
2nd-p. o. fonhatandalak
or fonandhatlak 		―
Condi­tional
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fonhatnék fonhatnál fonhatna fonhatnánk fonhatnátok fonhatnának
Def. fonhatnám fonhatnád fonhatná fonhatnánk
(or fonhatnók) 		fonhatnátok fonhatnák
2nd-p. o. fonhatnálak ―
Past Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fonhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive
mood 		Pre­sent Indef. fonhassak fonhass or
fonhassál 		fonhasson fonhassunk fonhassatok fonhassanak
Def. fonhassam fonhasd or
fonhassad 		fonhassa fonhassuk fonhassátok fonhassák
2nd-p. o. fonhassalak ―
(Archaic) Past Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fonhatott légyen
Inf. (fonhatni) (fonhatnom) (fonhatnod) (fonhatnia) (fonhatnunk) (fonhatnotok) (fonhatniuk)
Positive adjective fonható Neg. adj. fonhatatlan Adv. part. (fonhatva / fonhatván)

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  1. ^ Entry #812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
  2. ^ fon in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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  • fon 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

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch foon (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɔn]
  • Hyphenation: fon

Noun

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fon (plural fon-fon)

  1. (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 2

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From Dutch föhn (“foehn”), from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɔn]
  • Hyphenation: fon

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fon (plural fon-fon)

  1. (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.
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Etymology 3

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From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfɔn]
  • Hyphenation: fon

Noun

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fon (plural fon-fon)

  1. (computing, typography) font.
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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Originally a brandname, from German Fön, from Föhn, a warm, dry wind.

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Noun

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fon m (invariable)

  1. hairdryer, blowdryer
    Synonym: asciugacapelli

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Descendants

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  • Sicilian: fonu

Malay

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English phone, clipping of telephone.

Noun

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fon (Jawi spelling فون)

  1. phone, telephone
    Fon ini siapa punya?
    Whose phone is this?
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Etymology 2

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From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

Noun

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fon (Jawi spelling فون)

  1. (computing, typography) font
    fon serif ― serif font

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from English phone, from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

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fon (Jawi spelling فون)

  1. (linguistics) phone

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Unknown.

Verb

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fon

  1. Alternative form of fonnen

Etymology 2

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Unknown.

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fon

  1. Alternative form of fonne

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fon

  1. Alternative form of fonne

Etymology 3

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From Old English ġefān, plural of ġefāh; equivalent to fo +‎ -en (plural suffix).

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fon

  1. plural of fo

Old English

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From earlier *fōhan [ˈfoː.xɑn], from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Cognate with Old Frisian fā, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch fān, Old High German fāhan, Old Norse fá, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan).

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fōn

  1. to catch, capture; seize
    • c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 3
      Ðā cwæð Simon Petrus tō him, Ic wylle gān on fixað. Þā cwǣdon hī tō him, And wē wyllað gān mid þē. And hī ēodon ūt, and ēodon on scip, and ne fēngon nān þing on þǣre nihte.
      Then said Simon Peter to them. I want to go fishing. Then they said to him, and we want to go with you. And they went out and went in a ship, and caught nothing in the night.
    • 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.
  2. (with tō) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered
  3. (with tō) to conquer, take over
    • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
      Æfter him feng his sunu tō Persea rīċe Xersis.
      After him his son Xerxes took over the Persian Empire.
    Hīe cwǣdon þæt hē wolde tō þǣre byrġ fōn.
    They said he would take over the city.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of fōn (strong class 7)
infinitive fōn fōnne
indicative mood present tense past tense
first person singular fō fēng
second person singular fēhst fēnge
third person singular fēhþ fēng
plural fōþ fēngon
subjunctive present tense past tense
singular fō fēnge
plural fōn fēngen
imperative
singular fōh
plural fōþ
participle present past
fōnde (ġe)fangen

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Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *fanē (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó. Cognates include Old Saxon fan and Old Dutch fan.

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fon

  1. of

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  • North Frisian: foon
  • Saterland Frisian: fon
  • West Frisian: fan

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old High German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē (“from”).

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fon

  1. from

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Old Irish

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  • IPA(key): [ɸon], [ɸonʲ], [ɸon͈], [ɸon͈ʲ]

The quality of the n depends on the initial sound of the following word.

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fon

  1. Univerbation of fo (“under”) +‎ in (“the (accusative singular masculine/feminine; dative singular all genders)”)
    • c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
      Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.
      It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.

Old Saxon

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Preposition

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fon

  1. Alternative form of fan

Polish

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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English phon, French phone, German Phon, ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

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Noun

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fon m inan

  1. (acoustics) phon (logarithmic unit of loudness level for tones and complex sounds)

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Declension of fon
singular plural
nominative fon fony
genitive fonu fonów
dative fonowi fonom
accusative fon fony
instrumental fonem fonami
locative fonie fonach
vocative fonie fony

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  • fon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French phone.

Noun

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fon m (plural foni)

  1. phon

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative fon fonul foni fonii
genitive-dative fon fonului foni fonilor
vocative fonule fonilor

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian fon, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *fanē. Cognates include West Frisian fan and German von.

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fon (neuter or distal adverb deerfon, proximal adverb hierfon, interrogative adverb wierfon)

  1. of
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:20:
      Wilst hie noch deeruur ättertoachte, ferskeen him n Ängel fon dän Here in n Droom un kwaad: Josef, Súun fon David, freze die nit, Maria as dien Wieuw bie die aptouníemen;
      While he was still thinking about it, came to him an angel from the Lord in a dream and said: Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Maria as your wife;
  2. from
    • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:
      Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.
      She will bear a son; you shall give him the name Jesus; then he shall set his people free from its sins.

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  • Marron C. Fort (2015) “fon”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

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  • IPA(key): /fɔn̪ˠ/
  • Hyphenation: fon

Preposition

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fon (+ dative)

  1. Contraction of fo an.

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  • Like the bare article an, fon triggers lenition if the following noun begins with f, c and g.

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  • Colin Mark (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

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fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

  1. (linguistics) phone
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Declension of fon
singular plural
nominative fȏn foni
genitive fona fona
dative fonu fonima
accusative fon fone
vocative fone foni
locative fonu fonima
instrumental fonom fonima

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French fond.

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Noun

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fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

  1. basis, foundation
  2. (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting
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Declension of fon
singular plural
nominative fȏn fónovi
genitive fona fonova
dative fonu fonovima
accusative fon fonove
vocative fone fonovi
locative fonu fonovima
instrumental fonom fonovima
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Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English phone

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfon/ [ˈfõn]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: fon

Noun

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fon m (plural fones)

  1. (Mexico, US, Philippines) phone
    Synonyms: teléfono, celular

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Sranan Tongo

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Verb

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fon

  1. to beat, to thrash, to pummel
  2. to mash, to puree

Vilamovian

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Etymology

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From Middle High German von (“from”), from Old High German fon, fona (“from”). Cognate with German von.

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fon

  1. from
  2. of (belonging to)
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