# dont
## English
### Contraction

dont
* Misspelling of don't.
* Obsolete spelling of don't.
    dont tread on me

## Breton
### Alternative forms

* doned

### Etymology

A suppletive verb. The verbal noun is from Middle Breton donet (influenced by monet (“to go”)), from Old Breton diminet. Cognate with Welsh dyfod, dod, and Cornish dos, dones; from Old Breton di, do + monet (“to go”). The other forms are from Proto-Celtic *toageti, itself also a suppletive verb (stemming from *ageti (“to drive”) and *pelh₂-). See also Old Irish do·aig (“to drive off”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔ̃nt/

### Verb

dont
* (intransitive) to come

#### Derived terms

* a zeu

## Danish
### Etymology

From Low German doon. Related to Danish dom and Danish dåd

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdʌnˀd/

### Noun

dont c (singular definite donten, not used in plural form)
* a (piece of) work, a deed

#### Declension
### References

* “dont” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dont, from Old French dunt, from Vulgar Latin/Latin dē unde (“from where”). Compare Spanish donde (“where”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɔ̃/, (in liaison) /dɔ̃.t‿/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Homophones: dom, don, dons
* Rhymes: -ɔ̃

### Pronoun

dont m or f
* of/from whom/which, whose; whereof
    Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?Do you remember that of which we spoke?
    Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain.There is nothing of which I am still certain.
    Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ?What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
    J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours.I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
    La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable.The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
    Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers.The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of great adventurers.
    Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste.These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
    Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
* (sometimes) by which
    Le coup dont il fut frappé.The blow by which he was struck.
* Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
    Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.He had ten children, nine of them girls.

#### Synonyms

* (of which): de qui, de quoi, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels m pl, desquelles f pl

#### Derived terms

* dont acte
* dont appel
* dont auquel

### References

* ↑ Dauzat, Albert with Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

### Further reading

* “dont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* tond

## Middle English
### Noun

dont
* Alternative form of dint

## Middle French
### Alternative forms

* dant

### Pronoun

dont
* of whom; of which

#### Descendants

* French: dont

## Occitan
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Preposition

dont
* including, such as
** 2019 October 31, “Los Estats Units an reconegut lo genodici armèni”, in Jornalet‎:A l'ora d'ara, son de desenas d’estats qu’an reconegut lo genocidi armèni, dont l’estat francés.Currently, there are dozens of states that have recognized the Armenian genocide, including the French state.