pone

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman pone and its source, Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative form of pōnere (“to place”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpəʊni/, X-SAMPA: /"p@Uni/
• (US) enPR: pōʹnē, IPA: /ˈpoʊni/, X-SAMPA: /"poUni/
• Homophone: pony

Noun

pone (plural pones)

1. (law, historical) A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts.

Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Powhatan apones, appoans (“bread”). Compare Abenaki abôn (“bread”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /pəʊn/

Noun

pone (plural pones)

1. (southern US) A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs.
   • 1967, William Styron, The Confessions of Nat Turner, Vintage 2004, p. 11:

     ‘Maybe you could fetch me just a little piece of pone,’ I said, pleading, thinking: Big talk will fetch you nothing but nigger talk might work.

Derived terms

• corn pone

See also

• hominy grits

Etymology 3

Unknown

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpəʊni/, X-SAMPA: /"p@Uni/
• (US) enPR: pōʹnē, IPA: /ˈpoʊni/, X-SAMPA: /"poUni/
• Homophone: pony

Noun

pone (plural pones)

1. (card games, chiefly US) The last player to bet or play in turn.

Anagrams

• nope, Nope, open, peon

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Interlingua

Verb

pone

1. present of poner
2. imperative of poner

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Italian

Pronunciation

póne, /ˈpone/, /"pone/

Verb

pone

1. third-person singular indicative present of porre

Anagrams

• peno, penò

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Latin

Preposition

pōne + accusative

1. behind; in the rear of

Adverb

pōne (not comparable)

1. after, back, behind, in the rear

Verb

pōne

1. first-person singular present active imperative of pōnō

References

• pone in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879

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Old French

Noun

pone m (oblique plural pones, nominative singular pones, nominative plural pone)

1. pone (type of writ)

   Uncore demaundoms jugement de la variaunce entre le original e le pone

Descendants

• English: pone

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Spanish

Verb

pone (infinitive poner)

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of poner.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of poner.