don

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Breton 2.1 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 4 Italian 4.1 Noun 5 Korean 5.1 Noun 6 Nigerian Pidgin 6.1 Verb 7 Northern Sami 7.1 Pronoun 8 Old English 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Pronunciation 8.3 Verb 8.3.1 Conjugation 8.3.2 Descendants 9 Scottish Gaelic 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Alternative forms 9.3 Preposition 9.3.1 Usage notes 10 Spanish 10.1 Noun 10.1.1 See also 11 Turkish 11.1 Etymology 1 11.1.1 Noun 11.2 Etymology 2 11.2.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

[edit] Pronunciation

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  Rhymes: -ɒn

[edit] Noun

don (plural dons)

1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. A mafia boss.

[edit] Derived terms

• donnish

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[edit] Verb

to don (third-person singular simple present dons, present participle donning, simple past and past participle donned)

1. To put on (clothes).

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• doff

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: dno
• nod

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Adjective

don

1. deep

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin donum.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dɔ̃/, SAMPA: /dO~/

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• Homophones: dom, dons, dont

[edit] Noun

don m. (plural dons)

1. gift, talent
2. gift (present)
3. donation

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[edit] Italian

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don m. inv.

1. Father (a title given to priests)
2. A title of respect to a man.

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[edit] Korean

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don (Hangul: 돈)

1. money

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[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

[edit] Verb

don

1. have (perfect aspect auxiliary)

   Wi don chop = "We have eaten"

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[edit] Northern Sami

[edit] Pronoun

don

1. you (thou)

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From West Proto-Germanic *dō-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“‘to make, do, place’”). Cognate with Old Frisian duā, Old Saxon dōn (Dutch doen), Old High German tuon (German tun); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Ancient Greek τίθημι (tithēmi), Latin faciō, Old Irish dorat (Irish déan), Old Church Slavonic дѣти (děti).

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /doːn/

[edit] Verb

dōn

1. to do

[edit] Conjugation

Anomalous
present	singular	plural
1st person	dō, dōm	dōþ
2nd person	dēst
3rd person	dēþ
subjunctive	dō	dōn
preterite	singular	plural
1st person	dyde	dydon
2nd person	dydest
3rd person	dyde
subjunctive	dyde	dyden
imperative	singular	plural
	dō	dōþ
participle	present	past
	dōnde	(ġe)dōn

[edit] Descendants

• English: do

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[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

do + an

[edit] Alternative forms

• dhan

[edit] Preposition

don

1. to the (singular)

   Chaidh i don bhùth. - She went to the shop.

2. for the (singular)

[edit] Usage notes

• Without the definite article and in the plural the form do is used.
• Lenites words beginning with b, c, f, g, m and p.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

don m. (plural dones)

1. gift, present
2. gift, talent, knack
3. A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names (similar to English lord).

[edit] See also

• Don
• Doña
• doña

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *tōn

[edit] Noun

don

1. underpants

[edit] Etymology 2

Common Turkic *tong

[edit] Noun

don

1. frost