zvon

Czech

Zvon

Etymology

From Old Czech zvon, from Proto-Slavic *zvonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzvon]

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Noun

zvon m inan

1. bell (metallic resonating object)
2. plunger, plumber's friend

Derived terms

• zvonec
• zvonek
• zvoník
• zvonit

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic звонъ (zvonŭ), from Proto-Slavic *zvonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zvon/

• Audio:

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Noun

zvon n (plural zvonuri)

1. rumor
2. a sound without a precise source

Declension

Declension of zvon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) zvon	zvonul	(niște) zvonuri	zvonurile
genitive/dative	(unui) zvon	zvonului	(unor) zvonuri	zvonurilor
vocative	zvonule		zvonurilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvonъ, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwon- or *swenh₂-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʋôn/

Noun

zvȍn m (Cyrillic spelling зво̏н)

1. ring, jingle, chime (sound)

Declension

Declension of zvon

	singular	plural
nominative	zvon	zvonovi
genitive	zvona	zvonova
dative	zvonu	zvonovima
accusative	zvon	zvonove
vocative	zvone	zvonovi
locative	zvonu	zvonovima
instrumental	zvonom	zvonovima

Related terms

• zvòniti
• zvȍno

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Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *zvonъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zʋóːn/

Noun

zvọ̑n m inan

1. bell

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	zvón
gen. sing.	zvóna
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zvón	zvóna	zvóni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zvóna	zvónov	zvónov
dative (dajȃlnik)	zvónu	zvónoma	zvónom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zvón	zvóna	zvóne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zvónu	zvónih	zvónih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zvónom	zvónoma	zvóni

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem, long mixed accent, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	zvón
gen. sing.	zvoná
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	zvón	zvonôva	zvonôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	zvoná	zvonôv	zvonôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	zvónu	zvonôvoma	zvonôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	zvón	zvonôva	zvonôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	zvónu	zvonôvih	zvonôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	zvónom	zvonôvoma	zvonôvi

Further reading

• “zvon”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran