taon

See also: tạ ơn

Angkola Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Baba Malay

Etymology

From Malay tahun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧on
• IPA^(key): /taˈʔon/ [taˈʔon̪]

Noun

tàon

1. year

   Synonym: anyos

Derived terms

• kataon
• taon-taon

Finnish

Etymology 1

Verb

taon

1. first-person singular present indicative of takoa

Etymology 2

Noun

taon

1. genitive singular of tao

Anagrams

• Nato, anot, anto, nato, otan, tano, tona

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French täun, tahon, toon, from Vulgar Latin *tabōnem, from Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”). Compare Norman taon, Franco-Provençal tôna, Romanian tăun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃/

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• Homophones: tan, tans, tant, temps

Noun

taon m (plural taons)

1. horsefly, gadfly
   • 1879, Jean-Henri Fabre, Souvenirs entomologiques‎^[1], volume I:

     Les yeux de certains Taons, magnifiquement dorés avec trois bandes pourpres, pâlissent vite et se ternissent comme le fait le regard d'un mourant.

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See also

• faon
• paon

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nota, OTAN

Kagayanen

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Madurese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Mag-Anchi Ayta

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Mandailing Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Norman

Etymology

From Old French täun, tahon, toon, from Vulgar Latin *tabōnem, accusative of *tabō, from Latin tabānus (“gadfly, horsefly”).

Noun

taon m (plural taons)

1. (Jersey) horsefly

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧on
• IPA^(key): /taˈon/, [taˈʊn]

Noun

taón

1. year

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.ɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɔn
• Syllabification: ta‧on

Noun

taon m inan

1. (particle physics) tauon

Declension

Declension of taon

	singular	plural
nominative	taon	taony
genitive	taonu	taonów
dative	taonowi	taonom
accusative	taon	taony
instrumental	taonem	taonami
locative	taonie	taonach
vocative	taonie	taony

Further reading

• taon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Sambali

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taón

1. year

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈʔon/ [t̪ɐˈʔon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ta‧on

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun. Compare Ilocano tawen, Agutaynen takon, Maranao tahon / ta'on, Tausug tahun, Malay tahun, Malagasy taona, Māori tau, and Hawaiian kau (“season”). See also Proto-Austronesian *CawiN (“year”).

Noun

taón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜈ᜔)

1. year

   Synonym: anyo

2. chance happening; coincidence (especially in mataon and kataon)

   Synonym: koinsidensiya

3. act of doing something to coincide with another

   Synonyms: pagtataon, tiyap

4. (obsolete) act of being a go-between for admitting guests in one's house
5. (obsolete) catching in the act
6. (obsolete) encounter of two people at some place (especially by chance)

   Synonyms: salubong, tiyap

   Dili kita nagtaon niyong kamakailan.

   The two of us did not come across each other recently.

7. (obsolete) finding someone being looked for by chance

   Saan mo nataunan siya? Nataunan ko sa bahay niya.

   Where did you happen to find him? I found him at his home.

Derived terms

• Bagong Taon
• Bagong Taon ng mga Tsino
• Bagong Taong Tsino
• Bisperas ng Bagong Taon
• bisyestong taon
• dantaon
• guning taon
• Isang Daang Taong Digmaan
• itaon
• karaniwang taon
• kataon
• libuntaon
• magkataon
• magpataon
• magtaon
• makasantaon
• makataon
• Manaon
• Manigong Bagong Taon
• mapataon
• mataon
• mataunan
• nagkataon
• noong taon
• pagkakataon
• pagkasantaon
• pagtaunan
• pagtaunin
• Pitong Taong Digmaan
• pultaon
• sa ibang pagkakataon
• sa isang pagkakataon
• santaon
• santaunan
• sasantaunin
• taon ng Ating Panginoon
• taon-taon
• taon-taunin
• taong panuruan
• taong panuusan
• taong pares
• taong piskal
• Tatlumpung Taong Digmaan
• taunan
• taunin
• tumaon

Related terms

• panahon

Etymology 2

Noun

taón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜈ᜔) (pathology)

1. (attack of) convulsion (especially in children and infants)

   Synonyms: taol, kumbulsiyon, pangingisay, pagkisay

2. infantile beriberi

Alternative forms

• taun

Further reading

• “taon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “taon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 11: “Abuentiempo) Taon (pc) ir o venir o haçer qual quier coſa”
  • page 42: “Alcaguetear) Taon (pc) admitiendo los en ſu caſa”
  • page 59: “Año) Taon (pc) ſolar de doçe meſes”
  • page 165: “Cojer) Taon (pc) a alguno en algun delicto”
  • page 277: “Encontrarſe) Taon (pc) dos en un algun lugar”
  • page 343: “Hallar) Taon (pc) alque buſcaba”
  • page 377: “Iuntarſe) Taon (pc) aun tiempo dos [o mas]”
  • page 579: “Toparſe) Taon (pc) en un miſmo pueſto”
  • page 598: “Verſe) Taon (pc) dos en alguna parte yendo a eſo, o acaſo”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taqun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• anot

Toba Batak

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Totoli

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

taon

1. year

Waray-Waray

Noun

taon

1. bet; stake; wager