fona

See also: Fona and -fona

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfo.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfo.na]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin funda. Doublet of funda, a learned borrowing.

Noun

fona f (plural fones)

1. sling (weapon)

   Synonyms: bassetja, mandró

Derived terms

• foner

See also

• tirador

Etymology 2

Verb

fona

1. inflection of fonar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “fona”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “fona”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Italian

Verb

fona

1. inflection of fonare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• Fano

Old English

Noun

fona m

1. alternative form of fana

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	fona	fonan
accusative	fonan	fonan
genitive	fonan	fonena
dative	fonan	fonum

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥

Proto-Germanic *fōr

Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fōn)der.

Portuguese fona

Ultimately from Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌽 (fōn, “fire”), from Proto-Germanic *fōr (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂wṓr, earlier *péh₂wōr, collective of *péh₂wr̥ (“bonfire”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.nɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfõ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfo.nɐ/

Noun

fona f (plural fonas)

1. spark (small particle of glowing matter)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:faísca

Further reading

• “fona”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fona”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026