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Greek
- παρδόν (pardón) (slang, variant)
- παρντόν (parntón) (quasi formal, not slang)
Etymology
From παρντόν, phonetic transfer of French pardon with > in an attempt to make it sound more formal[1] and > .
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baɾˈðon/
- Hyphenation: μπαρ‧δόν
Interjection
μπαρδόν • (bardón)
- (folksy, slang) I am sorry, I apologize, excuse me (UK), pardon me (US)
- 1962 Menelaos Lountemis, novel Οδός Αβύσσου Αριθμός 0 (No 0, Abyss street), Βιβλιοεκδοτική, page 54
Λοιπὸννν νά... σάς ζητώ συγγνώμη ρὲ παιδιά. Μπαρδόν. .. . . . Τη μπάτισα τη φλούδα... Έπεσα έξω. Τι θὰ γίνει τώρα... θα - . . . . .. .. μου πάρετε το κεφάλι; Λοιπόν μπαρδόν.- Loipònnn ná... sás zētṓ sungnṓmē rè paidiá. Mpardón. .. . . . Tē mpátisa tē phloúda... Épesa éxō. Ti thà gínei tṓra... tha - . . . . .. .. mou párete to kepháli? Loipón mpardón.
- Welllll... let me apologize, you guys. Bardon .... I blew it... I miscalculated. What is there to be done... You will... chop off my head? So: bardon
- 1893 (in Katharevousa) Νικόλας Σπανδωνής (Nikolaos Spandones), review Ἡ Ἀθήνα μας, σκηναὶ ἐκ τοῦ Ἀθηναϊκού βίου (Our Athens, scense of Athenian life), pub:G.D.Pheksis, vol. 3, page 111 @books.google)
Μπαρδόν, ποὺ δὲν σηκώνομαι - εἶπεν ὁ Στανᾶς πρὸς τὸν Τζανεράν, – ἀλλὰ βλέπεις σὲ τί χάλια εἶμαι, ἐπέρασα φρικτὴν νύκτα..- Bardón, poù dèn sēkṓnomai - eîpen ho Stanâs pròs tòn Tzanerán, – allà blépeis sè tí khália eîmai, epérasa phriktḕn núkta..
- Bardon me for not standing up -Stanas said to Dzaneras-, but you can see how pitiful I look. I had a terrible night.
Noun
μπαρδόν • (bardón) n (indeclinable)
- (folksy, slang) apology, pardon in the expression:
- με το μπαρδόν ― me to bardón ― with my apologies
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