fon

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

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English fonne (noun). More at fun.

Noun

fon (plural fons)

1. (obsolete) A fool or idiot.

Derived terms

• fond

References

• fon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fon (plural fons)

1. A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
   • 2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front, →ISBN, 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, 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, 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 Bafut into key positions of the party […]

Derived terms

• fondom

Anagrams

• NOF, OFN, ONF.

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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 1

From French fond (“bottom”)

Noun

fon

1. bottom

Etymology 2

From French front (“forehead”).

Noun

fon

1. forehead

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfon]
• Rhymes: -on

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

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

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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Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch foon (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔn]
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (plural, first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

1. (linguistics) phone, a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

Etymology 2

From Dutch föhn (“foehn”), from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔn]
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (plural, first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

1. (meteorology) foehn, a warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland, and similar warm dry wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.

Alternative forms

• fohn
• Föhn

Etymology 3

From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfɔn]
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (plural, first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

1. (computing, typography) font.

Alternative forms

• fonta

Further reading

• “fon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• phon

Etymology

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

Noun

fon m (invariable)

1. hairdryer, blowdryer

   Synonym: asciugacapelli

Derived terms

• fonare

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

fon

1. Alternative form of fonnen

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

Adjective

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

Etymology 3

From Old English ġefān, plural of ġefāh.

Noun

fon

1. plural of fo

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Old English

Etymology

From earlier *fōhan [ˈfoː.hɑn], from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną. Cognate with Old Frisian fā, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch fān, Old High German fahan, Old Norse fá, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foːn/

Verb

fōn

1. to catch, capture; seize
   • c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

     Hēr bēoþ oft fangene sēolas and hranas and mereswīn.

     Seals, whales and dolphins are often caught here.

2. (with tō) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered
3. (with tō) to conquer, take over

   Hīe cwǣdon þæt hē wolde tō þǣre byrġ fōn.

   They said he would take over the city.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fōn (strong class 7)

infinitive	fōn	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
	fōnde	(ġe)fangen

Derived terms

• befōn
• forefōn
• ġefōn
• onfōn
• ymbfōn

Descendants

• Middle English: fon, fangen
  • Scots: fang
  • English: fang

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Old High German

Alternative forms

• fana, fona

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē (“from”).

Preposition

fon

1. from

Descendants

• Middle High German: von, vone
  • Cimbrian: bon
  • German: von
  • Luxembourgish: vun
  • Vilamovian: fon
  • 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”). Cognate with German von.

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of (belonging to)