don

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Etymology 1

From Latin dominus, "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish don and Italian dom; from domus, "house", + diminutive suffix -inus. Compare dominie.

[edit] Noun

don (plural dons)

  1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  2. A mafia boss.
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] Translations
university professor
mafia boss

[edit] Etymology 2

A contraction of Middle English do on. Compare also doff.

[edit] Verb

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

  1. To put on (clothes).
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Translations
put on clothes

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Adjective

don

  1. deep

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

Latin donum.

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

don m. (plural dons)

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

[edit] Irish

[edit] Etymology

From Old Irish don (“misfortune, evil”).

[edit] Noun

don

  1. misfortune

[edit] Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
don dhon ndon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Etymology

From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from domino, from Latin dominus.

[edit] Noun

don m. (inv)

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

[edit] Nigerian Pidgin

[edit] Verb

don

  1. have (perfect aspect auxiliary)
    Wi don chop = "We have eaten"

[edit] Northern Sami

[edit] Pronoun

don

  1. you (thou)

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōnan (“to do”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to make, do, place”). Cognate with Old Frisian dūa, duā (West Frisian dwaan), Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon (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

[edit] Verb

dōn (irregular)

  1. to do

[edit] Conjugation

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

[edit] Descendants

  • English: to do

[edit] Old Irish

[edit] Noun

don

  1. misfortune, evil

[edit] Descendants

[edit] Old Saxon

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōnan.

[edit] Verb

dōn

  1. to do

[edit] Conjugation

Conjugation of dōn
indicative present tense past tense
1st person singular dōm deda
2nd person singular dōs dādi
3rd person singular dōd deda
plural dōth dādun
subjunctive present tense past tense
1st person singular dōe dādi
2nd person singular dōes dādis
3rd person singular dōe dādi
plural dōen dādin
imperative
singular dō
plural dōth
participle present tense past tense
dōndi (gi)dōn

[edit] Scottish Gaelic

[edit] Etymology

do + an

[edit] Alternative forms

[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.

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Late Latin dom (“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus (“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus (“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to build”)

[edit] Noun

don m. (plural dones)

  1. (obsolete) sir, master, lord
  2. A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names
[edit] See also

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin donum (“a gift”), from do (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)

[edit] Noun

don m. (plural dones)

  1. gift, present
  2. gift, talent, knack
[edit] See also

[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

don n.

  1. a tool, a means

[edit] Declension

Declension of don
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative don donet don donen
genitive dons donets dons donens

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[edit] Turkish

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old Turkic ton, from Proto-Turkic *tōn.

[edit] Noun

don

  1. underpants

[edit] Etymology 2

From Old Turkic toŋ, from Proto-Turkic *tong, *doŋ.

[edit] Noun

don

  1. frost
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