English

Proper noun

Don

1. A diminutive of the male given name Donald or Gordon.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Don in Rostov oblast

Don

1. A river in European Russia, flowing 1200 miles to the Sea of Azov. Called Tanais in classical sources.

Translations

See also

• Cossack

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Don

1. A river in Scotland, flowing 62 miles to the North Sea.

Translations

Anagrams

• NOD, nod

Dutch

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don, river in Russia.

Finnish

Proper noun

Don

1. Don (river in Russia)

Declension

German

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don (river in Russia)

Noun

Don m

1. don (honorific title, especially in Spain and Italy)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdon]

Proper noun

Don

1. Don (river in Russia)

Declension

Italian

Proper noun

Don ?

1. A river that flows in Russia

Polish

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don (river in Russia)

Declension

Portuguese

Proper noun

Don m

1. Don (a river in southwestern Russia)

Spanish

Etymology

From don, from Late Latin domnus, from Latin dominus ‎(“lord”), from domus ‎(“house”).

Noun

Don m ‎(plural Dones, feminine Doña)

1. (obsolete) A title of respect to a nobleman (similar to English lord).
2. A title of respect to a man, comparable to Mr., but used before a given name.

Usage notes

May be written with upper- or lowercase.

Abbreviations

• D.

See also

• Doña
• don
• doña
• dueño

English

Noun

don ‎(plural dons)

1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. A mafia boss.

Derived terms

• donnish

Translations

Etymology 2

A contraction of Middle English do on. Compare also doff.

Verb

don ‎(third-person singular simple present dons, present participle donning, simple past and past participle donned)

1. (clothing) to put on, to dress in

   To don one's clothes.

Antonyms

• (put on clothes): doff

Translations

See also

• put on
• wear

Anagrams

• NOD, nod

Breton

Adjective

don

1. deep

Czech

Etymology

From Spanish don, from Latin dominus ‎(“lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdon/
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

don m anim

1. (in Italian environment) Originally a title of honour of the Pope, later used for all priests and later for aristocrats.

   don Giovanni

2. Spanish noble title. [19th c.]
3. title of respect in front of Spanish given names

   don José

4. don (maffia boss)
   • 2003, Miroslav Nožina, Mezinárodní organizovaný zločin v České republice, Themis, ISBN 8073120186, page 156:

     Roku 1876 mafiánský don Raffaele Palizollo reformoval dosavadní strategii nevměšování se mafie do veřejného života.

     In 1876 mafia don Raffaele Palizollo reformed the previous strategy of mafia not interfering into public affairs.

   • 2012, Hana Pernicová (translator), Kolumbova záhada, Ostrava: Domino, translation of original by Steve Berry, ISBN 978-80-7303-743-7, page 412:

     Simon se zatvářil stejně jako drogový don před čtyřmi dny.

     Simon had the same expression as the drug mafia don four days ago.

Declension

Related terms

• dona
• doňa

Anagrams

• dno

Dupaninan Agta

Noun

don

1. leaf of a plant

French

Etymology

From Latin donum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/
• Homophones: dom, dons, dont

Noun

don m ‎(plural dons)

1. gift, talent
2. gift (present)
3. donation

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• do’n (superseded)
• ’on (colloquial)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠənˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ɡənˠ/

Contraction

don

1. Contraction of do an.

   Thug mé don bhuachaill é.‎ ― I gave it to the boy.

   Tá mé ag dul don Spáinn.‎ ― I'm going to Spain.

Usage notes

This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *do an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.

Related terms

Etymology 2

From Old Irish don ‎(“misfortune, evil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d̪ˠɔnˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /d̪ˠʌnˠ/

Noun

don

1. misfortune

Usage notes

Used only in a few stock maledictions such as Do dhon is do dhuais ort!, Don is duais ort!, Mo dhon is mo dhograinn ort! (all basically "bad luck to you!") and Don d’fhiafraí ort! ‎(“Don’t be so inquisitive!”).

Derived terms

Mutation

Italian

Etymology

From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from Latin domnus < dominus.

Noun

don m ‎(inv)

1. Father (a title given to priests)
2. A title of respect to a man.

Lojban

Rafsi

don

1. rafsi of do.

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English done.

Verb

don

1. have (perfect aspect auxiliary)

   Wi don chop = "We have eaten"

Northern Sami

Pronoun

don

1. you (thou)

Inflection

See also

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną ‎(“to do”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ‎(“to make, do, place”). Cognate with Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā (West Frisian dwaan), Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon, Old Dutch duon (Dutch doen), Old High German tuon (German tun); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Ancient Greek τίθημι ‎(títhēmi), Latin faciō, Old Irish dorat (Irish déan), Old Church Slavonic дѣти ‎(děti).

Pronunciation

Verb

dōn

1. to do

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle English: don
  • English: to do
  • Scots: dae

Old Irish

Noun

don ?

1. misfortune, evil

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Irish: don

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• doan, duan, duon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną. Compare Old English dōn, Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā, Old Dutch duon, Old High German tuon.

Verb

dōn

1. to do

Conjugation

Descendants

• Low German: doon

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

do + an

Alternative forms

• dhan

Preposition

don

1. to the (singular)

   Chaidh i don bhùth. - She went to the shop.

2. for the (singular)

Usage notes

• Without the definite article and in the plural the form do is used.
• Lenites words beginning with b, c, f, g, m and p.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

From Late Latin dom ‎(“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus ‎(“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus ‎(“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm ‎(“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- ‎(“to build”).

Noun

don m ‎(plural dones, feminine doña)

1. (obsolete) sir, master, lord
2. A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names

Related terms

• Don
• Doña
• doña
• dueño
• don nadie

Etymology 2

From Latin donum ‎(“a gift”), from do ‎(“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- ‎(“to give”)

Noun

don m ‎(plural dones)

1. gift, present
2. gift, talent, knack

See also

• donación

Swedish

Noun

don n

1. a tool, a means

Declension

Related terms

• fordon
• skodon

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic ton, from Proto-Turkic *tōn.

Noun

don

1. underpants

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic toŋ, from Proto-Turkic *tong, *doŋ.

Noun

don

1. frost

Verb

don

1. singular imperative of donmak
2. singular negative imperative of donmamak

Antonyms

• donma

Zazaki

Noun

don ?

1. kind of bread