onn

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word onn. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word onn, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say onn in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word onn you have here. The definition of the word onn will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofonn, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: önn, ǫnn, õnn, and -œnn

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ǫnn.

Noun

onn f (definite singular onna, indefinite plural onner, definite plural onnene)

  1. bustle
  2. perseverance
  3. hard farmwork, usually at a specific time of year
  4. the time period in which hard farmwork is done

References

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin annus.

Noun

onn m (plural onns)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) year

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *onnā (compare Cornish/Breton onn), from Proto-Celtic *osnos (compare Old Irish uinnius), from Proto-Indo-European *Heh₃s-(e)no-s (compare English ash, Latin ornus).

Pronunciation

Noun

onn f (collective, singulative onnen)

  1. ash trees

Quotations

  • c. 1800, “Llwyn Onn [The Ash Grove]”, anonymous lyricist, anonymous composer:
    Yn nyffryn llwyn onn draw mi welais hardd feinwen […]
    In yonder valley of an ash grove I saw a fair maiden

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal h-prothesis
onn unchanged unchanged honn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.