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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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

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French

Noun

fon m (uncountable)

1. Fon (language)

Further reading

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

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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]

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

Click for archaic forms			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	Indef.	fonok	fonsz	fon	fonunk	fontok	fonnak
		Def.	fonom	fonod	fonja	fonjuk	fonjátok	fonják
		2nd-p. o.	fonlak	―
	Past	Indef.	fontam	fontál	font	fontunk	fontatok	fontak
		Def.	fontam	fontad	fonta	fontuk	fontátok	fonták
		2nd-p. o.	fontalak	―
	Future		Future is expressed with a present-tense verb with a completion-marking prefix and/or a time adverb, or—more explicitly—with the infinitive plus the conjugated auxiliary verb fog, e.g. fonni fog.
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	fonék	fonál	fona	fonánk	fonátok	fonának
		Def.	fonám	fonád	foná	fonánk	fonátok	fonák
		2nd-p. o.	fonálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala (volt), e.g. fon vala, font vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	fonandok	fonandasz	fonand	fonandunk	fonandotok	fonandanak
		Def.	fonandom	fonandod	fonandja	fonandjuk	fonandjátok	fonandják
		2nd-p. o.	fonandalak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fonnék	fonnál	fonna	fonnánk	fonnátok	fonnának
		Def.	fonnám	fonnád	fonná	fonnánk (or fonnók)	fonnátok	fonnák
		2nd-p. o.	fonnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. font volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fonjak	fonj or fonjál	fonjon	fonjunk	fonjatok	fonjanak
		Def.	fonjam	fond or fonjad	fonja	fonjuk	fonjátok	fonják
		2nd-p. o.	fonjalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. font légyen
Infinitive	fonni		fonnom	fonnod	fonnia	fonnunk	fonnotok	fonniuk
Other forms	Verbal noun		Present part.	Past part.	Future part.	Adverbial participle		Causative
	fonás		fonó	font or fonott	fonandó	fonva (fonván)
The archaic passive conjugation had the same -(t)at/-(t)et suffix as the causative, followed by -ik in the 3rd-person singular (and the concomitant changes in conditional and subjunctive mostly in the 1st- and 3rd-person singular like with other traditional -ik verbs).

potential conjugation of fon

Click for archaic forms			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	Indef.	fonhatok	fonhatsz	fonhat	fonhatunk	fonhattok	fonhatnak
		Def.	fonhatom	fonhatod	fonhatja	fonhatjuk	fonhatjátok	fonhatják
		2nd-p. o.	fonhatlak	―
	Past	Indef.	fonhattam	fonhattál	fonhatott	fonhattunk	fonhattatok	fonhattak
		Def.	fonhattam	fonhattad	fonhatta	fonhattuk	fonhattátok	fonhatták
		2nd-p. o.	fonhattalak	―
	Archaic Preterit	Indef.	fonhaték	fonhatál	fonhata	fonhatánk	fonhatátok	fonhatának
		Def.	fonhatám	fonhatád	fonhatá	fonhatánk	fonhatátok	fonhaták
		2nd-p. o.	fonhatálak	―
	Archaic Past		Two additional past tenses: the present and the (current) past forms followed by vala, e.g. fonhat vala, fonhatott vala/volt.
	Archaic Future	Indef.	fonhatandok or fonandhatok	fonhatandasz or fonandhatsz	fonhatand or fonandhat	fonhatandunk or fonandhatunk	fonhatandotok or fonandhattok	fonhatandanak or fonandhatnak
		Def.	fonhatandom or fonandhatom	fonhatandod or fonandhatod	fonhatandja or fonandhatja	fonhatandjuk or fonandhatjuk	fonhatandjátok or fonandhatjátok	fonhatandják or fonandhatják
		2nd-p. o.	fonhatandalak or fonandhatlak	―
Condi­tional mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fonhatnék	fonhatnál	fonhatna	fonhatnánk	fonhatnátok	fonhatnának
		Def.	fonhatnám	fonhatnád	fonhatná	fonhatnánk (or fonhatnók)	fonhatnátok	fonhatnák
		2nd-p. o.	fonhatnálak	―
	Past		Indicative past forms followed by volna, e.g. fonhatott volna
Sub­junc­tive mood	Pre­sent	Indef.	fonhassak	fonhass or fonhassál	fonhasson	fonhassunk	fonhassatok	fonhassanak
		Def.	fonhassam	fonhasd or fonhassad	fonhassa	fonhassuk	fonhassátok	fonhassák
		2nd-p. o.	fonhassalak	―
	(Archaic) Past		Indicative past forms followed by légyen, e.g. fonhatott légyen
Inf.	(fonhatni)		(fonhatnom)	(fonhatnod)	(fonhatnia)	(fonhatnunk)	(fonhatnotok)	(fonhatniuk)
Positive adjective			fonható	Neg. adj.	fonhatatlan	Adv. part.	(fonhatva / fonhatván)

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 (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 (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 (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, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of 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 (uncountable)

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 mood	present tense	past tense
first person singular	fō	fēng
second person singular	fēhst	fēnge
third person singular	fēhþ	fēng
plural	fōþ	fēngon
subjunctive	present tense	past tense
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)