bont

See also: BoNT

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bont.

Adjective

bont (attributive bont, comparative bonter, superlative bontste)

1. motley, pied, especially in black-and-white

Inflection

Inflection of bont

	predicative	attributive	independent		partitive
			singular	plural
positive	bont		bonte	bontes	bonts
comparative	bonter		bontere	bonteres	bonters
superlative	bontste			bontstes	—

Breton

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

bont m (plural bontoù)

1. plug

Mutation

Mutation of bont

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	bont	vont	unchanged	pont
plural	bontoù	vontoù	unchanged	pontoù

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bont, probably from Latin punctus (“striped”) (thus a doublet of punt); compare German bunt. The noun is derived from the adjective: originally the noun referred to furs of variegated color.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: bont
• Rhymes: -ɔnt
• Homophone: bond

Noun

bont n (uncountable, diminutive bontje n)

1. fur

Derived terms

• beverbont
• bonten
• bonthandel
• bontjas
• bontkraag
• bontmantel
• bontmuts
• eekhoornbont
• hermelijnbont
• imitatiebont
• nertsenbont
• vossenbont

Descendants

• → Sranan Tongo: bont

Adjective

bont (comparative bonter, superlative bontst)

1. motley, variegated, multi-colored
2. (by extension) mixed, varied, heterogeneous

Declension

Declension of bont
uninflected	bont
inflected	bonte
comparative	bonter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		bont	bonter	het bontst het bontste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	bonte	bontere	bontste
	n. sing.	bont	bonter	bontste
	plural	bonte	bontere	bontste
definite		bonte	bontere	bontste
partitive		bonts	bonters	—

Derived terms

• bonte avond
• bonte kraai
• bonte piet
• bonte strandloper
• bonte vliegenvanger
• bontebok
• bontheid
• grote bonte specht
• het bont maken
• kleine bonte specht
• middelste bonte specht

Descendants

• Afrikaans: bont
• Jersey Dutch: bant

Hungarian

Etymology 1

From an otherwise unattested stem of unknown origin + -t (causative suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbont]
• Rhymes: -ont

Verb

bont

1. (transitive) to demolish, pull down
2. (transitive) to take apart, disassemble, dismantle, fractionate
3. (transitive) to undo, untie, open
4. (transitive) to sever, disconnect, split, cut off
5. (transitive) to break down (in statistics)

Conjugation

Conjugation of bont

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	bontok	bontasz	bont	bontunk	bontotok	bontanak
			def.	bontom	bontod	bontja	bontjuk	bontjátok	bontják
			2nd obj	bontalak
		past	indef.	bontottam	bontottál	bontott	bontottunk	bontottatok	bontottak
			def.	bontottam	bontottad	bontotta	bontottuk	bontottátok	bontották
			2nd obj	bontottalak
		future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. bontani fog.
archaic preterite		indef.	bonték	bontál	bonta	bontánk	bontátok	bontának
		def.	bontám	bontád	bontá	bontánk	bontátok	bonták
		2nd obj	bontálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bont vala, bontott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	bontandok	bontandasz	bontand	bontandunk	bontandotok	bontandanak
	def.	bontandom	bontandod	bontandja	bontandjuk	bontandjátok	bontandják
	2nd obj	bontandalak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	bontanék	bontanál	bontana	bontanánk	bontanátok	bontanának
		def.	bontanám	bontanád	bontaná	bontanánk (or bontanók)	bontanátok	bontanák
		2nd obj	bontanálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bontott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	bontsak	bonts or bontsál	bontson	bontsunk	bontsatok	bontsanak
			def.	bontsam	bontsd or bontsad	bontsa	bontsuk	bontsátok	bontsák
			2nd obj	bontsalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bontott légyen
infinitive	bontani		bontanom	bontanod	bontania	bontanunk	bontanotok	bontaniuk
other forms	verbal noun		present part.	past part.	future part.	adverbial participle		causative
	bontás		bontó	bontott	bontandó	bontva (bontván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

Potential conjugation of bont

Click for archaic forms			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd p. sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd p. pl formal
indica­tive	indica­tive	pre­sent	indef.	bonthatok	bonthatsz	bonthat	bonthatunk	bonthattok	bonthatnak
			def.	bonthatom	bonthatod	bonthatja	bonthatjuk	bonthatjátok	bonthatják
			2nd obj	bonthatlak
		past	indef.	bonthattam	bonthattál	bonthatott	bonthattunk	bonthattatok	bonthattak
			def.	bonthattam	bonthattad	bonthatta	bonthattuk	bonthattátok	bonthatták
			2nd obj	bonthattalak
archaic preterite		indef.	bonthaték	bonthatál	bonthata	bonthatánk	bonthatátok	bonthatának
		def.	bonthatám	bonthatád	bonthatá	bonthatánk	bonthatátok	bonthaták
		2nd obj	bonthatálak
archaic past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. bonthat vala, bonthatott vala/volt.
archaic future	indef.	bonthatandok or bontandhatok	bonthatandasz or bontandhatsz	bonthatand or bontandhat	bonthatandunk or bontandhatunk	bonthatandotok or bontandhattok	bonthatandanak or bontandhatnak
	def.	bonthatandom or bontandhatom	bonthatandod or bontandhatod	bonthatandja or bontandhatja	bonthatandjuk or bontandhatjuk	bonthatandjátok or bontandhatjátok	bonthatandják or bontandhatják
	2nd obj	bonthatandalak or bontandhatlak
condi­tional	pre­sent	indef.	bonthatnék	bonthatnál	bonthatna	bonthatnánk	bonthatnátok	bonthatnának
		def.	bonthatnám	bonthatnád	bonthatná	bonthatnánk (or bonthatnók)	bonthatnátok	bonthatnák
		2nd obj	bonthatnálak
	past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. bonthatott volna
sub­junc­tive	sub­junc­tive	pre­sent	indef.	bonthassak	bonthass or bonthassál	bonthasson	bonthassunk	bonthassatok	bonthassanak
			def.	bonthassam	bonthasd or bonthassad	bonthassa	bonthassuk	bonthassátok	bonthassák
			2nd obj	bonthassalak
(archaic) past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. bonthatott légyen
infinitive	(bonthatni)		(bonthatnom)	(bonthatnod)	(bonthatnia)	(bonthatnunk)	(bonthatnotok)	(bonthatniuk)
other forms	positive adjective			negative adjective		adverbial participle
	bontható			bonthatatlan		(bonthatva / bonthatván)

Derived terms

• boncol
• bontakozik
• bontatlan
• bontás
• bontogat

Compound words

• ront-bont

(With verbal prefixes):

• elbont
• felbont
• fölbont
• kibont
• lebont
• megbont
• szétbont

Related terms

• bomlik

Etymology 2

bon (“voucher”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈboːnt]^[1]

Noun

bont

1. accusative singular of bon

Further reading

• bont in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• bont in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Maltese

Root
b-n-t
2 terms

Alternative forms

• bonn (Gozo)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɔnt/
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

bont m (plural bnut)

1. stem

Derived terms

• bannat

Polish

bonty

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔnt/

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Przemyśl) IPA^(key): [ˈbɔnt]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔnt
• Syllabification: bont

Noun

bont m inan

1. (music) fret (one of the pieces of metal, plastic, or wood across the neck of a guitar or other string instrument that marks where a finger should be positioned to depress a string as it is played)

   Synonym: próg

2. (Przemyśl, construction) synonym of belka

Declension

Declension of bont

	singular	plural
nominative	bont	bonty
genitive	bontu	bontów
dative	bontowi	bontom
accusative	bont	bonty
instrumental	bontem	bontami
locative	boncie	bontach
vocative	boncie	bonty

Further reading

• bont in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• bont in PWN's encyclopedia
• Aleksander Saloni (1908), “bont”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 332

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bont/

Adjective

bont m or n (feminine singular boantă, masculine plural bonți, feminine/neuter plural boante)

1. dull, blunt

   Synonym: tocit

   Antonym: ascuțit

Declension

Declension of bont

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	bont		boantă		bonți	boante
	definite	bontul		boanta		bonții	boantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	bont		boante		bonți	boante
	definite	bontului		boantei		bonților	boantelor

Welsh

Noun

bont

1. soft mutation of pont

Mutation

Mutated forms of pont

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
pont	bont	mhont	phont

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.