spon

See also: Spon, spön, and şpon

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈspon]

Noun

spon f

1. genitive plural of spona

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔn/

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• Hyphenation: spon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spont, from Italian spunta, from Latin expunctum.

Noun

spon f (plural sponnen, diminutive sponnetje n)

1. A bung.
2. (obsolete) A bunghole.

   Synonym: spongat

Derived terms

• spongat

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

spon

1. singular past indicative of spinnen

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Middle English

Noun

spon

1. Alternative form of spone

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Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂-.

Noun

spōn m or f

1. chip, shaving

Declension

(when masculine)

Declension of spon (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spōn	spōnas
accusative	spōn	spōnas
genitive	spōnes	spōna
dative	spōne	spōnum

(when feminine)

Declension of spon (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	spōn	spōna, spōne
accusative	spōne	spōna, spōne
genitive	spōne	spōna
dative	spōne	spōnum

Derived terms

• sæpspōn

Descendants

• Middle English: spone, spon, sponne, spoune, spune, spun, spoon, spoun
  • Scots: spuin, spin, spon, spone, spun, spune
  • English: spoon
  • Yola: spone

References

• spōn in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary