kalon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καλόν (kalón); related to κάλλος (kállos, “beauty”).

Noun

kalon (uncountable)

1. Ideal perfect beauty in the physical and moral sense, especially as perceived by Greek philosophers.

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *kalwon, from Proto-Celtic *kalwond- (“heart”). Cognates include Welsh calon and Cornish kolon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑː.lɔ̃n/
• (Gwened) IPA^(key): /kaˈlõn/

Noun

kalon f (plural kalonoù or kaloneu)

1. heart
2. courage
3. appetite

Mutation

Mutation of kalon

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kalon	galon	c'halon	unchanged
plural	kalonoù	galonoù	c'halonoù	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ian Press (1986), A grammar of modern Breton, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 350

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkalon/
• Rhymes: -alon
• Syllabification: ka‧lon

Noun

kalon

1. accusative singular of kalo

Karao

Noun

kalon

1. water buffalo butchered to celebrate a marriage