don
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin dominus, "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish don and Italian dom; from domus, "house", + diminutive suffix -inus. Compare dominie.
Noun[edit]
don (plural dons)
- A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
- A mafia boss.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
A contraction of Middle English do on. Compare also doff.
Verb[edit]
don (third-person singular simple present dons, present participle donning, simple past and past participle donned)
Antonyms[edit]
- (put on clothes): doff
Translations[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Breton[edit]
Adjective[edit]
don
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
don m (plural dons)
Irish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Contraction[edit]
don
- Contraction of do an.
- Thug mé don bhuachaill é. — I gave it to the boy.
- Tá mé ag dul don Spáinn. — I'm going to Spain.
Usage notes[edit]
This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *do an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish don (“misfortune, evil”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
don
Usage notes[edit]
Used only in a few stock maledictions such as Do dhon is do dhuais ort!, Don is duais ort!, Mo dhon is mo dhograinn ort! (all basically "bad luck to you!") and Don d'fhiafraí ort! "Don't be so inquisitive!".
Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| don | dhon | ndon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from Latin domnus < dominus.
Noun[edit]
don m (inv)
- Father (a title given to priests)
- A title of respect to a man.
Lojban[edit]
Rafsi[edit]
don
Nigerian Pidgin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
don
Northern Sami[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
don
Inflection[edit]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *dōną (“to do”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to make, do, place”). Cognate with Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā (West Frisian dwaan), Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon, Old Dutch duon (Dutch doen), Old High German tuon (German tun); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Ancient Greek τίθημι (tithēmi), Latin faciō, Old Irish dorat (Irish déan), Old Church Slavonic дѣти (děti).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
dōn
- to do
Conjugation[edit]
| infinitive | dōn | tō dōnne |
|---|---|---|
| indicative | present | past |
| 1st-person singular | dō, dōm | dyde |
| 2nd-person singular | dēst | dydest |
| 3rd-person singular | dēþ | dyde |
| plural | dōþ | dydon |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| singular | dō | dyde |
| plural | dōn | dyden |
| imperative | ||
| singular | dō | |
| plural | dōþ | |
| participle | present | past |
| dōnde | (ġe)dōn | |
Descendants[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Noun[edit]
don ?
Descendants[edit]
- Irish: don
Old Saxon[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *dōną. Compare Old English dōn, Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā, Old Dutch duon, Old High German tuon.
Verb[edit]
dōn
- to do
Conjugation[edit]
| indicative | present | preterite |
|---|---|---|
| 1st person singular | dōm | deda |
| 2nd person singular | dōs | dādi |
| 3rd person singular | dōd | deda |
| plural | dōth | dādun |
| subjunctive | present | past |
| 1st person singular | dōe | dādi |
| 2nd person singular | dōes | dādis |
| 3rd person singular | dōe | dādi |
| plural | dōen | dādin |
| imperative | present | — |
| singular | dō | |
| plural | dōth | |
| participle | present | past |
| dōndi | (gi)dōn |
Descendants[edit]
- Low German: doon
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Preposition[edit]
don
Usage notes[edit]
- Without the definite article and in the plural the form do is used.
- Lenites words beginning with b, c, f, g, m and p.
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -on
Etymology 1[edit]
From Late Latin dom (“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus (“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus (“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to build”)
Noun[edit]
don m (plural dones, feminine doña)
- (obsolete) sir, master, lord
- A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From Latin donum (“a gift”), from do (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)
Noun[edit]
don m (plural dones)
See also[edit]
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
don n
Declension[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Turkish[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Turkic ton, from Proto-Turkic *tōn.
Noun[edit]
don
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Turkic toŋ, from Proto-Turkic *tong, *doŋ.
Noun[edit]
don
- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English verbs
- en:Clothing
- Breton adjectives
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French masculine nouns
- French countable nouns
- Irish contractions
- Irish terms derived from Old Irish
- Irish nouns
- Italian terms derived from Latin
- Italian nouns
- Lojban rafsi
- Nigerian Pidgin terms derived from English
- Nigerian Pidgin verbs
- Northern Sami personal pronouns
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English verbs
- Old English irregular verbs
- Old Irish terms with incomplete gender
- Old Irish nouns
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon verbs
- Scottish Gaelic prepositions
- Spanish terms derived from Late Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish nouns
- Swedish nouns
- Turkish terms derived from Old Turkic
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish nouns
