savon
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Esperanto
Noun
savon
- accusative singular of savo
Finnish
Noun
savon
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French savon, from Old French savon (“soap”), from Latin sāpōnem (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, strain, trickle”). Cognate with Old English sāpe (“soap”). More at soap.
Pronunciation
Noun
savon m (plural savons)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Hebrew: סבון (sabón)
- → Malagasy: savony
- → Koyraboro Senni: saafun
- → Vietnamese: xà phòng, xà bông
- → Tai Dam: ꪎꪱꪡ꫁ꪮꪉ
- → Wolof: saabu
- → Zarma: saafun
Further reading
- “savon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Friulian
Etymology
From Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”).
Pronunciation
Noun
savon m
Lombard
Etymology
Akin to French savon, older *sapon, of West Germanic origin. More at soap.
Noun
savon
Lule Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *sëvōn.
Noun
savon
Inflection
| Odd, vv-v gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nominative | savon | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | savvuna | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Singular | Plural | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nominative | savon | savvuna | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Accusative | savvunav | savvunijt | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Genitive | savvuna | savvunij | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Illative | savvunij | savvunijda | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Inessive | savvunin | savvunijn | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Elative | savvunis | savvunijs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Comitative | savvunijn | savvunij | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Abessive | savvunadagá savvunadagi |
savvunijdagá savvunijdagi | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Essive | savon savvunin | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Norman
Etymology
From Old French savon (“soap”), from Latin sāpōnem, accusative singular of sāpō (“soap”), from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ (“soap”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out, drip, strain, trickle”).
Pronunciation
Noun
savon m (plural savons)
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
Noun
savon m