-on

See also: Appendix:Variations of "on"

English

Etymology

• (Physics) From -on in electron, reinforced by Ancient Greek -ον (-on) ending neuter nouns and adjectives.
• (Chemistry) From -on in carbon, first applied to boron and then to silicon.

Suffix

-on

1. (physics, mathematics and biology) Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles (proton), quanta (photon), molecular units (codon), or substances (interferon).
2. (biology, genetics) Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units, such as codon or recon.
3. (chemistry) Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements (such as boron or silicon).

Derived terms

► English words suffixed with -on

Translations

(physics) subatomic particles

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 子 (zh) (zǐ)

• Dutch: -on (nl)
• French: -on (fr)
• Gujarati: -અણુ (-aṇu)

• Hindi: -अणु (-aṇu)
• Japanese: 子 (ja) (shi)
• Marathi: -अणू (-aṇū)
• Spanish: -on

(genetics) basic or fundamental units

• French: -on (fr)

(chemistry) nonmetal element

Anagrams

• N.O., NO, No, No., no, no-, no.

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• -hon (after vowels without glottal stops).

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ən, from Proto-Austronesian *ən (see Ilocano -en and Tagalog -in).

Suffix

-on

1. Used to form nouns indicating objects, persons or action expressed by the root.
2. Demonym-forming suffix.
3. Object trigger verb suffix.

Derived terms

► Cebuano words suffixed with -on

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Danish

Suffix

-on

1. (organic chemistry) -one

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔn/

• Audio

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Suffix

-on

1. (organic chemistry) -one
2. (particles) -on

Synonyms

• oxo-

Derived terms

► Dutch words suffixed with -on

Related terms

• keton

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Finnish

Suffix

-on

1. Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn.

Anagrams

• no

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From Old French -on, a blending of Latin -ōnem (accusative singular of -ō, masculine appellative suffix), Frankish -on (accusative of -o, ending of masculine weak declension nouns), Frankish -in (diminutive suffix), and Frankish -ing (diminutive suffix for animals, via -enc, -enz).

Suffix

-on

1. Forming diminutives of things, including some animals.

   ‎chat (“cat”) + ‎-on → ‎chaton (“kitten”)

   ‎ours (“bear”) + ‎-on → ‎ourson (“cub”)

2. Indicating origin or occupation.

   ‎marmite (“cooking pot”) + ‎-on → ‎marmiton (“chef's assistant”)

   ‎quartier (“quarter”) + ‎-on → ‎quarteron (“quarter of a pound”)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek -ον (-on), neuter of -ος (-os), masculine adjective ending.

Suffix

-on

1. (physics and biology) -on

Derived terms

► French words suffixed with -on

Forming diminutives

• buisson
• brocheton
• chanson
• housson

• ourson
• ponton
• raton
• saucisson

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Gothic

Romanization

-on

1. Romanization of -𐍉𐌽

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [on]

Suffix

-on

1. (case suffix) on. Used to form the superessive case.

   asztal (“table”) → az asztalon (“on the table”)

Usage notes

   Hungarian case suffixes

Case	Back vowel a, á, o, ó, u, ú	Front vowel
		unrounded e, é, i, í	rounded ö, ő, ü, ű
nominative	—
accusative	-t
	-ot / -at	-et	-öt
dative	-nak	-nek
instrumental	-val	-vel
causal-final	-ért
translative	-vá	-vé
terminative	-ig
essive-formal	-ként
essive-modal	-ul	-ül
inessive	-ban	-ben
superessive	-n
	-on	-en	-ön
adessive	-nál	-nél
illative	-ba	-be
sublative	-ra	-re
allative	-hoz	-hez	-höz
elative	-ból	-ből
delative	-ról	-ről
ablative	-tól	-től
Note for all endings: Stem-final -a/-e changes to -á-/-é-, respectively, except -ként.     alma - almában, but almaként     zene - zenében, but zeneként

• (case suffix) Harmonic variants:

  -n is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -on is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -en is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ön is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

See also

• rajta
• Category:Hungarian words taking -n/-on/-en/-ön
• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Suffix

-on

1. (verbal suffix) used to form the infinitive of class 2 weak verbs (an alternative ending -oian is sometimes found instead of -on)

   makon "to make"

   haton "to hate"

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Spanish

Suffix

-on

1. Obsolete spelling of -ón