gon

See also: gôn, goñ, gọn, goŋ, gon-, -gon, gon', and Goń

Translingual

Symbol

gon

1. the ISO symbol for gradian

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English

Etymology 1

Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.

Contraction

gon

1. (US, dialectal) Alternative form of gonna

   I’m gon be there around four.

Etymology 2

From γωνία (gōnía, “angle”)

Noun

gon (plural gons)

1. (geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.

Translations

gradian

• Finnish: gooni (fi)

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

gon (plural gons)

1. (rail transport) Abbreviation of gondola car.

Anagrams

• NGO, Ngo, nog

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Breton

Noun

gon

1. Soft mutation of kon.

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Japanese

Romanization

gon

1. Rōmaji transcription of ごん

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, compare German gehen. Past tense supplied by Old English wendan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną, or a suppletive stem yed-, yod-, from Old English ēod-.

Alternative forms

• (Northern ME) gan, ga
• goo, goon, go

Verb

gon

1. to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of gon

present	singular	plural
1st person	go	goþ, gon
2nd person	gast	goþ, gon
3rd person	gaþ	goþ, gon
subjunctive	go	gon
participle	present	past
	goende, goinge	(y)gon, (y)gongen
simple past	singular	plural
1st person	wende, yede, yode	wenden, yeden, yoden
2nd person	wende, wendest, yede, yedest	wenden, yeden, yoden
3rd person	wende, yede, yode	wenden, yeden, yoden
subjunctive	wende, yede, yode	wenden, yeden, yoden
imperative	singular	plural
	go	goþ, gon

Descendants

• English: to go
• Scots: gan

Etymology 2

From Lady Gunilda; an name for a crossbow. More at English gun.

Noun

gon

1. Alternative form of gunne

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Scottish Gaelic

Verb

gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)

1. hurt, prick, wound

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from English gun.

Noun

gon

1. gun