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Italian
Verb
spone
- third-person singular present indicative of sporre
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Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, form Proto-Germanic *spēnuz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.
Pronunciation
Noun
spone (plural spones)
- A spoon or scoop; especially a spoon used as a measure.
- A spoonful; the amount that fits in a spoon
- A shingle or roof tile.
- A splinter or wood chip.
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Etymology 2
Noun
spone
- Alternative form of spanne
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English spone, from Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu.
Pronunciation
Noun
spone
- spoon
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867