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Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin funda. Doublet of funda, a learned borrowing.
Noun
fona f (plural fones)
- sling (weapon)
- Synonyms: bassetja, mandró
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Verb
fona
- inflection of fonar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
Italian
Verb
fona
- inflection of fonare:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Portuguese
Etymology
Ultimately from Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fōn, “fire”), from Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂wṓr, earlier *péh₂wōr, collective of *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fona f (plural fonas)
- spark (small particle of glowing matter)
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:faísca