donjon
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
A variant of dungeon remodelled on its etymon, Old French donjon.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
donjon (plural donjons)
- The fortified tower of a motte or early castle; a keep.
- 2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 132:
- [...] the prison fortress called Qomr, a mound of yellowish brick rising up from the left back of the turbid river, in whose donjon by long tradition the warlord was obliged to lay his head.
- 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe:
- It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
fortified tower — see keep
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Middle French donjon, from Old French donjon, from Vulgar Latin dungiō.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
donjon m (plural donjons, diminutive donjonnetje n)
Synonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French [Term?], from Old French donjon, dongon (“castle keep”), from Vulgar Latin *dominio, *dominionem (“lord's castle”), from Latin dominius.
Alternate etymology traces this word to Frankish *dungijā (“dunghill, keep”), from Proto-Germanic *dungijǭ (“dunghill, bower”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
donjon m (plural donjons)
Further reading[edit]
- “donjon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
donjon
- Alternative form of dongeoun
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
donjon oblique singular, m (oblique plural donjons, nominative singular donjons, nominative plural donjon)
- Alternative form of dungun
- 12th Century, Béroul, Tristan et Iseut:
- Li chiens gardoit par le donjon.
- The dog was guarding the dungeon.
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
donjon n (plural donjoane)
Declension[edit]
Declension of donjon
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) donjon | donjonul | (niște) donjoane | donjoanele |
genitive/dative | (unui) donjon | donjonului | (unor) donjoane | donjoanelor |
vocative | donjonule | donjoanelor |
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