English

Proper noun

Fon

1. A language of Benin and Togo, specifically, in the southern regions corresponding to the former kingdom of Dahomey. Also known as Fongbe or Fɔngbe, it is part of the Gbe family of West African languages.

Translations

External links

• Ethnologue entry for Fon, fon

References

• Anne-Marie Brousseau and Claire Lefebvre, A Grammar of Fongbe, Mouton de Gruyter, 2002, ISBN 3110173603

Anagrams

• NOF, ofn, ONF.

English

Noun

fon ‎(plural fons)

1. A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
   • 2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front (ISBN 9956558168), page 71:

     Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA), […]

   • 2010, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon (ISBN 0810873990), page 53:

     In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.

   • 2011, Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives (ISBN 9956579394), page 152:

     Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party […]

Catalan

Verb

fon

1. third-person singular present indicative form of fondre
2. second-person singular imperative form of fondre

French

Noun

fon m ‎(uncountable)

1. Fon (language)

Gothic

Romanization

fōn

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐍉𐌽

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French fond ‎(“bottom”)

Noun

fon

1. bottom

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *puna- ‎(“to spin, twist”). Cognates include Finnish punoa. ^[1][2]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfon]

Verb

fon

1. (transitive) to spin (to make thread by twisting fibers)

   Gyapjút fontak. - They were spinning wool.

2. (transitive) to weave

   kosarat fon - to weave baskets

3. (transitive) to weave something (into something -ba/-be)

   Gyöngyöket font a hajába. - She wove pearls in her hair.

4. (transitive) to braid, plait (to interweave three or more strands, strips)

   A haját copfba fonta. - She plaited her hair.

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

• befon
• kifon

(Expressions):

• nincs kolbászból fonva a kerítés

References

1. ↑ Entry #812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Research Institute for Linguistics, Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
2. ↑ Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Italian

Etymology

Originally a brandname, from German Fön, from Föhn, a warm, dry wind.

Noun

fon m ‎(invariable)

1. hairdryer, blowdryer

Related terms

• fonare

Synonyms

• asciugacapelli

Lojban

Rafsi

fon

1. rafsi of fonxa.

Old English

Verb

fōn

1. to seize, take

Conjugation

Derived terms

• onfōn

Descendants

• English: fang

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afana, whence also Old Saxon fan

Preposition

fon

1. from

Descendants

• German: von
• Yiddish: פֿון ‎(fun)

Old Saxon

Preposition

fon

1. Alternative form of fan

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afana. Compare West Frisian fan, German von.

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

fo + an

Preposition

fon

1. under the
2. under their

Derived terms

• fa-near

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek φωνή ‎(phōnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

Noun

fȏn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. (linguistics) phone

Declension

Etymology 2

From French fond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

Noun

fȏn m ‎(Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. basis, foundation
2. (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting

Declension

Synonyms

• (basis): ȍsnova
• (foundation layer): fȍnd

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German von ‎(“from”), from Old High German fon, fona ‎(“from”)

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of (belonging to)