dont

See also: don't and dönt

English

Contraction

dont

1. Misspelling of don't.
2. Obsolete spelling of don't.

   dont tread on me

Breton

Alternative forms

• doned

Etymology

A suppletive verb. The verbal noun is from Middle Breton donet (influenced by monet (“to go”)), from Old Breton diminet. Cognate with Welsh dyfod, dod, and Cornish dos, dones; from Old Breton di, do + monet (“to go”). The other forms are from Proto-Celtic *toageti, itself also a suppletive verb (stemming from *ageti (“to drive”) and *pelh₂-). See also Old Irish do·aig (“to drive off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃nt/

Verb

dont

1. (intransitive) to come

Inflection

Mutation of dont

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
dont	zont	unchanged	tont	tont

Conjugation

Conjugation of dont

		singular			plural			impersonal
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	present	deuan	deuez	deu	deuomp	deuit	deuont	deuer
	preterite	deuis	deujout	deuas	deujomp	deujoc'h	deujont	deujod
	imperfect	deuen	deues	deue	deuemp	deuec'h	deuent	deued
	future	deuin	deui	deuo	deuimp	deuot	deuint	deuor
subjunctive	present	deufen	deufes	deufe	deufemp	deufec'h	deufent	deufed
	imperfect	deujen	deujes	deuje	deujemp	deujec'h	deujent	deujed
imperative		—	deu	deuet	deuomp	deuit	deuent	—
non-finite forms		present participle		past participle
		o tont		deuet (auxiliary verb: bezañ)

Derived terms

• a zeu

Danish

Etymology

From Low German doon. Related to Danish dom and Danish dåd

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌnˀd/

Noun

dont c (singular definite donten, not used in plural form)

1. a (piece of) work, a deed

Declension

Declension of dont

common gender	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	dont	donten
genitive	donts	dontens

References

• “dont” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dont, from Old French dunt, from Vulgar Latin/Latin dē unde (“from where”). Compare Spanish donde (“where”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/, (in liaison) /dɔ̃.t‿/

• Audio (France):

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• Homophones: dom, don, dons
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃

Pronoun

dont m or f

1. of/from whom/which, whose; whereof

   Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?

   Do you remember that of which we spoke?

   Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain.

   There is nothing of which I am still certain.

   Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ?

   What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?

   J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours.

   I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.

   La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable.

   The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.

   Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers.

   The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of great adventurers.

   Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste.

   These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.

   Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.

   Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.

2. (sometimes) by which

   Le coup dont il fut frappé.

   The blow by which he was struck.

3. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.

   Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.

   He had ten children, nine of them girls.

Synonyms

• (of which): de qui, de quoi, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels m pl, desquelles f pl

Derived terms

• dont acte
• dont appel
• dont auquel

Further reading

• “dont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tond

Middle English

Noun

dont

1. Alternative form of dint

Middle French

Alternative forms

• dant

Pronoun

dont

1. of whom; of which

Descendants

• French: dont

Occitan

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

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Preposition

dont

1. including, such as
   • 2019 October 31, “Los Estats Units an reconegut lo genodici armèni”, in Jornalet‎^[1]:

     A l'ora d'ara, son de desenas d’estats qu’an reconegut lo genocidi armèni, dont l’estat francés.

     Currently, there are dozens of states that have recognized the Armenian genocide, including the French state.