fon

See also: Fon, fón, fòn, fōn, főn, -fón, -fon, and Appendix:Variations of "fon"

English

Noun

fon (plural fons)

1. A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
   • 2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:

     Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA), […]

   • 2010, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:

     In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.

   • 2011, Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:

     Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party […]

Derived terms

• fondom

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Catalan

Verb

fon

1. third-person singular present indicative form of fondre
2. second-person singular imperative form of fondre

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French

Noun

fon m (uncountable)

1. Fon (language)

Further reading

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

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Gothic

Romanization

fōn

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐍉𐌽

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Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French fond (“bottom”)

Noun

fon

1. bottom

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *puna- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates include Finnish punoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfon]

Verb

fon

1. (transitive) to spin (to make thread by twisting fibers)

   Gyapjút fontak. - They were spinning wool.

2. (transitive) to weave

   kosarat fon - to weave baskets

3. (transitive) to weave something (into something -ba/-be)

   Gyöngyöket font a hajába. - She wove pearls in her hair.

4. (transitive) to braid, plait (to interweave three or more strands, strips)

   A haját copfba fonta. - She plaited her hair.

Conjugation

conjugation of fon

Infinitive			fonni
Past participle			font
Present participle			fonó
Future participle			fonandó
Adverbial participle			fonva
Potential			fonhat
			1st person sg	2nd person sg informal	3rd person sg, 2nd person sg formal	1st person pl	2nd person pl informal	3rd person pl, 2nd person pl formal
Indicative mood	Present	Indefinite	fonok	fonsz	fon	fonunk	fontok	fonnak
		Definite	fonom én téged/titeket fonlak	fonod	fonja	fonjuk	fonjátok	fonják
	Past	Indefinite	fontam	fontál	font	fontunk	fontatok	fontak
		Definite	fontam én téged/titeket fontalak	fontad	fonta	fontuk	fontátok	fonták
Conditional mood	Present	Indefinite	fonnék	fonnál	fonna	fonnánk	fonnátok	fonnának
		Definite	fonnám én téged/titeket fonnálak	fonnád	fonná	fonnánk	fonnátok	fonnák
Subjunctive mood	Present	Indefinite	fonjak	fonj or fonjál	fonjon	fonjunk	fonjatok	fonjanak
		Definite	fonjam én téged/titeket fonjalak	fond or fonjad	fonja	fonjuk	fonjátok	fonják
Conjugated infinitive			fonnom	fonnod	fonnia	fonnunk	fonnotok	fonniuk

Derived terms

• fonadék
• fonal

• fonál
• fonat

• fonoda
• fonódik

• fonott
• fonottas

(With verbal prefixes):

• befon
• kifon

(Expressions):

• nincs kolbászból fonva a kerítés

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Italian

Etymology

Originally a brandname, from German Fön, from Föhn, a warm, dry wind.

Noun

fon m (invariable)

1. hairdryer, blowdryer

Related terms

• fonare

Synonyms

• asciugacapelli

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Lojban

Rafsi

fon

1. rafsi of fonxa.

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with Old Frisian fā, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch fān (Dutch vangen), Old High German fahan (German fangen (“catch”)), Old Norse fá (Danish and Swedish få), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin pangō (“fix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːn/

Verb

fōn

1. to seize, take

Conjugation

Conjugation of fōn (strong class 7)

infinitive	fōn	tō fōnne
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	fō	fēng
2nd-person singular	fēhst	fēnge
3rd-person singular	fēhþ	fēng
plural	fōþ	fēngon
subjunctive	present	past
singular	fō	fēnge
plural	fōn	fēngen
imperative
singular	fōh
plural	fōþ
participle	present	past
	—	fangen, (ġe)fongen

Derived terms

• onfōn

Descendants

• English: fang

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Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afana, whence also Old Saxon fan

Preposition

fon

1. from

Descendants

• German: von
• Yiddish: פֿון (fun)

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Old Saxon

Preposition

fon

1. Alternative form of fan

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afana. Compare West Frisian fan, German von.

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

fo + an

Preposition

fon

1. under the
2. under their

Derived terms

• fa-near

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

Noun

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. (linguistics) phone

Declension

Declension of fon

	singular	plural
nominative	fȏn	foni
genitive	fona	fona
dative	fonu	fonima
accusative	fon	fone
vocative	fone	foni
locative	fonu	fonima
instrumental	fonom	fonima

Etymology 2

From French fond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

Noun

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. basis, foundation
2. (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting

Declension

Declension of fon

	singular	plural
nominative	fȏn	fónovi
genitive	fona	fonova
dative	fonu	fonovima
accusative	fon	fonove
vocative	fone	fonovi
locative	fonu	fonovima
instrumental	fonom	fonovima

Synonyms

• (basis): ȍsnova
• (foundation layer): fȍnd

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Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German von (“from”), from Old High German fon, fona (“from”)

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of (belonging to)