chon

See also: Chon, CHON, -chon, -chon-, chôn, chọn, chốn, chồn, ćhon, and čhon

English

Noun

chon (plural chon)

1. Alternative spelling of jun

Anagrams

• Cohn, HCNO, HOCN

Chuukese

Noun

chon

1. person of

   chon Chuuk

   Chuukese people

Adjective

chon

1. black

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xɔnˠ]

Noun

chon m sg

1. Lenited form of con.

Japanese

Romanization

chon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ちょん
2. Rōmaji transcription of チョン

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xon/

Noun

chon

1. Lenited form of con.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xon/

Noun

chon

1. Lenited form of con.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Preposition

chon (+ genitive)

1. Alternative form of chun

Etymology 2

From Proto-Celtic *kunom (compare Welsh cŵn, Cornish keun).

Noun

chon m pl

1. indefinite genitive plural of cù (“dog”)

   taigh-chon ― kennel

   mo chuid chon ― my dogs

Spanish

Etymology

Childish apheresis of calzón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃon/ [ˈt͡ʃõn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: chon

Noun

chon m (plural chones)

1. (colloquial, Mexico, euphemistic): underpants, panties (of men or women)

Usage notes

• More commonly used in plural form.

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [cɔn˧˥]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [cɔn˦]

Noun

chon

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References

• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[1][2] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Tzotzil

Pronunciation

• (Zinacantán) IPA^(key): /t͡ɕʰɔn/

Etymology 1

Verb

chon

1. (transitive) to sell

Antonyms

• man

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mayan *kaahn.

Noun

chon

1. snake

Derived terms

• bolom chon
• chanul pom

References

• “čon(1)”, “čon(2)” in Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.