fon

Translingual

Symbol

fon

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

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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?

Derived terms

• fond

References

• “fon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

fon

Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːn/

Noun

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 […]

Derived terms

• fondom

Anagrams

• NOF, OFN, ONF.

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fon m (plural fons)

1. (linguistics) phone

Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fon

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

fon (Balearic)

1. first-person singular present indicative of fonar

   Synonym: fono (standard Catalan)

Cornish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

fon m (plural fons)

1. telephone, phone

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

fon m (uncountable)

1. Fon (language)

Further reading

• “fon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Gothic

Romanization

fōn

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐍉𐌽

Haitian Creole

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From French fond (“bottom”).

Noun

fon

1. bottom

Etymology 2

From French front (“forehead”).

Noun

fon

1. forehead

Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Rhymes: -on

Verb

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.”)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• 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

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

fon

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

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

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

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.

Alternative forms

• fohn
• Föhn

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

1. (computing, typography) font.

Alternative forms

• fonta

Further reading

• “fon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• phon

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Hyphenation: fòn

Noun

fon m (invariable)

1. hairdryer, blowdryer

   Synonym: asciugacapelli

Derived terms

• fonare

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

fon

1. Alternative form of fonnen

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

Adjective

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

Etymology 3

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

Noun

fon

1. plural of fo

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːn/

Verb

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

   Hīe cwǣdon þæt hē wolde tō þǣre byrġ fōn.

   They said he would take over the city.

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: fon, fangen
  • Scots: fang
  • English: fang

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfon/

Preposition

fon

1. of

Descendants

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

References

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

Old High German

Alternative forms

• fana, fona

Etymology

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

Preposition

fon

1. from

Descendants

• Middle High German: von, vone
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: bon

    Mòcheno: va

  • German: von
  • Luxembourgish: vun
  • Vilamovian: fon
  • Yiddish: פֿון (fun)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fond, fun, fund

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fon/

Article

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

Preposition

fon

1. Alternative form of fan

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

fon

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔn/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: fon

Noun

fon m inan

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

Declension

Further reading

• fon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French phone.

Noun

fon m (plural foni)

1. phon

Declension

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔn/
• Hyphenation: fon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Preposition

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.

References

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

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

Preposition

fon (+ dative)

1. Contraction of fo an.

Usage notes

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

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

Noun

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. (linguistics) phone

Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French fond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

Noun

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. basis, foundation
2. (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting

Declension

Synonyms

• (basis): ȍsnova
• (foundation layer): fȍnd

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English phone

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfon/
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: fon

Noun

fon m (plural fones)

1. (Mexico, US) phone

   Synonyms: teléfono, celular

Derived terms

Further reading

• “fon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Sranan Tongo

Verb

fon

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

Vilamovian

Etymology

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

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of (belonging to)