-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
- (physics, mathematics and biology) Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles (proton), quanta (photon), molecular units (codon), or substances (interferon).
- (biology, genetics) Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units, such as codon or recon.
- (chemistry) Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements (such as boron or silicon).
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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
- Used to form nouns indicating objects, persons or action expressed by the root.
- Demonym-forming suffix.
- Object trigger verb suffix.
Derived terms
Danish
Suffix
-on
Dutch
Pronunciation
Suffix
-on
- (organic chemistry) -one
- (particles) -on
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Finnish
Suffix
-on
- Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish -in (diminutive suffix), and Frankish -ing (diminutive suffix for animals, via -enc, -enz). Some also descend from the Celtic singulative -onos, such as mouton.
Suffix
-on
- Forming diminutives of things, including some animals.
- Indicating origin or occupation.
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek -ον (-on), neuter of -ος (-os), masculine adjective ending.
Suffix
-on
Derived terms
Gothic
Romanization
-on
- Romanization of -𐍉𐌽
Hungarian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-on
- (case suffix) on. Used to form the superessive case.
- asztal (“table”) → az asztalon (“on the table”)
- (verb suffix, chiefly archaic or dialectal) Indefinite third-person singular suffix (currently only in the imperative mood as part of -jon, formerly also occurring in the indicative).
Usage notes
- (superessive case suffix) Variants:
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 |
See also
- rajta
- Category:Hungarian words taking -n/-on/-en/-ön
- Category:Hungarian noun forms
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *-ōną
Suffix
-on
- (verbal suffix) used to form the infinitive of class 2 weak verbs (an alternative ending -oian is sometimes found instead of -on)
Spanish
Suffix
-on
Swedish
Etymology
Most likely originally from nypon (“rosehip”) and smultron (“wild strawberry”) and then extended to other borrowed words with an original -a. Probably originally a plural suffix cognate to Gothic -𐍉𐌽𐌰 (-ōna) in e.g. 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉𐌽𐌰 (augōna, “eyes”), compare Swedish ögon.[1]
Pronunciation
Suffix
-on n
Derived terms
References
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- English lemmas
- English suffixes
- en:Physics
- en:Mathematics
- en:Biology
- en:Genetics
- en:Chemistry
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Philippine
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Philippine
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Cebuano terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano suffixes
- Danish lemmas
- Danish suffixes
- da:Organic chemistry
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch suffixes
- nl:Functional group suffixes
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish suffixes
- Finnish case suffixes
- French 1-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms inherited from Old French
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms inherited from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French terms derived from Frankish
- French lemmas
- French suffixes
- French diminutive suffixes
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- fr:Physics
- fr:Biology
- Gothic non-lemma forms
- Gothic romanizations
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian suffixes
- Hungarian terms with archaic senses
- Hungarian dialectal terms
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon suffixes
- Old Saxon weak verbs
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish suffixes
- Spanish obsolete forms
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish suffixes
- Swedish neuter suffixes