don

See also: Don, DON, doń, doň, don', don-, do'n, and đơn

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /dɑn/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɒn/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɒn
• Homophone: Don

Etymology 1

From Latin dominus ‎(“lord, head of household”), akin to Spanish don and Italian don; from domus ‎(“house”). Compare dominie.

Noun

don ‎(plural dons)

1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. A mafia boss.

Derived terms

• donnish

Translations

professor — see professor

mafia boss

• Dutch: maffiabaas m
• Finnish: mafiapomo, don (fi)
• Italian: don (it) m

• Norwegian: mafiatopp m
• Russian: паха́н (ru) m ‎(paxán), па́хан (ru) m ‎(páxan), дон (ru) m ‎(don) (foreign context)

Etymology 2

A contraction of Middle English do on. Compare also doff.

Verb

don ‎(third-person singular simple present dons, present participle donning, simple past and past participle donned)

1. (clothing) to put on, to dress in

   To don one's clothes.

Antonyms

• (put on clothes): doff

Translations

put on clothes

• Bulgarian: обличам (bg) ‎(obličam), навличам (bg) ‎(navličam)
• Dutch: aantrekken (nl), zich (nl) uitdossen (nl)
• Finnish: pukeutua (fi), sonnustautua (fi)
• French: mettre (fr), enfiler (fr), revêtir (fr)
• German: anziehen (de)
• Ido: metar (io)
• Italian: mettere (it), indossare (it), portare (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Norwegian: ta på (no)
• Portuguese: vestir (pt)
• Russian: надева́ть (ru) ‎(nadevátʹ), наде́ть (ru) ‎(nadétʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: oblačiti (sh) impf, obući (sh) pf, odijevati (sh) impf, odjenuti (sh) pf
• Slovene: se obleči, si nadeti
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} ponerse (es), ^{(please verify)} vestirse de
• Swedish: ikläda sig, ta på sig
• Thai: ใส่ (th) ‎(sài)

See also

• put on
• wear

Anagrams

• NOD, nod

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Breton

Adjective

don

1. deep

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Czech

Etymology

From Spanish don, from Latin dominus ‎(“lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon/
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

don m anim

1. (in Italian environment) Originally a title of honour of the Pope, later used for all priests and later for aristocrats.

   don Giovanni

2. Spanish noble title. [19th c.]
3. title of respect in front of Spanish given names

   don José

4. don (maffia boss)
   • 2003, Miroslav Nožina, Mezinárodní organizovaný zločin v České republice, Themis, ISBN 8073120186, page 156:

     Roku 1876 mafiánský don Raffaele Palizollo reformoval dosavadní strategii nevměšování se mafie do veřejného života.

     In 1876 mafia don Raffaele Palizollo reformed the previous strategy of mafia not interfering into public affairs.

   • 2012, Hana Pernicová (translator), Kolumbova záhada^[1], Ostrava: Domino, translation of original by Steve Berry, ISBN 978-80-7303-743-7, page 412:

     Simon se zatvářil stejně jako drogový don před čtyřmi dny.

     Simon had the same expression as the drug mafia don four days ago.

Declension

Declension of don

	singular	plural
nominative	don	donové
genitive	dona	donů
dative	donovi, donu	donům
accusative	dona	dony
vocative	done	donové
locative	donovi, donu	donech
instrumental	donem	dony

Related terms

• dona
• doňa

Anagrams

• dno

External links

• "don" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, ISBN 978-80-7335-393-3, page 153.
• "don" in Věra Petráčková, Jiří Kraus et al. Akademický slovník cizích slov. Academia, 1995, ISBN 80-200-0497-1, page 175.

External links

• don in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• don in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Dupaninan Agta

Noun

don

1. leaf of a plant

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French

Etymology

From Latin donum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/

• Audio (France)

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• Homophones: dom, dons, dont

Noun

don m ‎(plural dons)

1. gift, talent
2. gift (present)
3. donation

External links

• “don” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• do’n (superseded)
• ’on (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠənˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ɡənˠ/

Contraction

don

1. 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

This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *do an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.

Related terms

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
	an ‎(“the sg”)	na ‎(“the pl”)	mo ‎(“my”)	do ‎(“your”)	a ‎(“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár ‎(“our”)	ar ‎(“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de ‎(“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded*, det*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do ‎(“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod*, dot*	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi ‎(“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i ‎(“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id*, it*	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le ‎(“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led*, let*	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó ‎(“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód*, ót*	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí ‎(“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish don ‎(“misfortune, evil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʌnˠ/

Noun

don

1. misfortune

Usage notes

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

Terms derived from don

• dona
• donacht

• donagar
• donaigh

• donaire
• donán

Mutation

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

Etymology

From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from Latin domnus < dominus.

Noun

don m ‎(inv)

1. Father (a title given to priests)
2. A title of respect to a man.

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Lojban

Rafsi

don

1. rafsi of do.

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Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English done.

Verb

don

1. have (perfect aspect auxiliary)

   Wi don chop = "We have eaten"

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Northern Sami

Pronoun

don

1. you (thou)

Inflection

Inflection of don (irregular)
Nominative	don
Genitive	du
Nominative	don
Genitive	du
Accusative	du
Illative	dutnje
Locative	dus
Comitative	duinna
Essive	dunin

See also

Personal pronouns
	singular	dual	plural
1st person	mun	moai	mii
2nd person	don	doai	dii
3rd person	son	soai	sii

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Old English

Etymology

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 ‎(títhēmi), Latin faciō, Old Irish dorat (Irish déan), Old Church Slavonic дѣти ‎(děti).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːn/

Verb

dōn

1. to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of dōn (irregular)

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

• Middle English: don
  • English: to do
  • Scots: dae

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Old Irish

Noun

don ?

1. misfortune, evil

Descendants

• Irish: don

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Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• doan, duan, duon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną. Compare Old English dōn, Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā, Old Dutch duon, Old High German tuon.

Verb

dōn

1. to do

Conjugation

Conjugation of dōn (irregular)

infinitive	dōn
indicative	present	past
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	gidōn, dōn

Descendants

• Low German: doon

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

do + an

Alternative forms

• dhan

Preposition

don

1. to the (singular)

   Chaidh i don bhùth. - She went to the shop.

2. for the (singular)

Usage notes

• Without the definite article and in the plural the form do is used.
• Lenites words beginning with b, c, f, g, m and p.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

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 *dem- ‎(“to build”).

Noun

don m ‎(plural dones, feminine doña)

1. (obsolete) sir, master, lord
2. A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names

Related terms

• Don
• Doña
• doña
• dueño
• don nadie

Etymology 2

From Latin donum ‎(“a gift”), from do ‎(“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‎(“to give”)

Noun

don m ‎(plural dones)

1. gift, present
2. gift, talent, knack

See also

• donación

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Swedish

Noun

don n

1. a tool, a means

Declension

Inflection of don
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	don	donet	don	donen
Genitive	dons	donets	dons	donens

Related terms

• fordon
• skodon

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Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic ton, from Proto-Turkic *tōn.

Noun

don

1. underpants

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic toŋ, from Proto-Turkic *tong, *doŋ.

Noun

don

1. frost

Verb

don

1. singular imperative of donmak
2. singular negative imperative of donmamak

Antonyms

• donma

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Zazaki

Noun

don ?

1. kind of bread