# fon
## Translingual
### Symbol

fon
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Fon.

## English
### Pronunciation

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### Etymology 1

From Middle English fonne (noun). More at fun.

#### Noun

fon (plural fons)
* (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
** c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 128–129:Delt he not lyke a fon? Delt he not lyke a daw?

##### Derived terms

* fond
* fonly

##### References

* “fon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔːn/

#### Noun

fon (plural fons)
* A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
** 2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front, →ISBN, 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, 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, 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 Bafut into key positions of the party […]

##### Derived terms

* fondom

### Anagrams

* NOF, OFN, ONF.

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈfɔn]

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

#### Noun

fon m (plural fons)
* (linguistics) phone

##### Related terms

* al·lòfon
* -fon
* fonem
* fonètic

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fon
* inflection of fondre:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fon (Valencia)
* (literary) third-person singular preterite indicative of ésser
    Synonym: fou (standard Catalan)
* (colloquial) first-person singular preterite indicative of ésser
    Synonym: fui (standard Catalan, literary Valencian)

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

fon (Balearic)
* first-person singular present indicative of fonar
    Synonym: fono (standard Catalan)

## Cornish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English phone.

### Pronunciation

* (Late Cornish) IPA: /foːn/
* (Middle Cornish) IPA: /fɔːn/

### Noun

fon m (plural fons)
* telephone, phone
    Synonyms: pellgewsell, pellgowser

#### Derived terms

* fonya (“to phone”, verb)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

fon m (uncountable)
* Fon (language)

### Further reading

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

## Gothic
### Romanization

fōn
* Romanization of 𐍆𐍉𐌽

## Haitian Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔ̃/

### Etymology 1

From French fond (“bottom”).

#### Noun

fon
* bottom

### Etymology 2

From French front (“forehead”).

#### Noun

fon
* forehead

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *puna-. Cognates include Southern Mansi po̰n-, Erzya понамс (ponams) and Finnish punoa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfon]
* Rhymes: -on

### Verb

fon
* (transitive) to spin (to make thread by twisting fibers)
    Gyapjút fontak. ― They were spinning (or they spun) wool.
* (transitive) to weave
    kosarat fon ― to weave baskets
* (transitive) to weave something (into something -ba/-be)
    Gyöngyöket font a hajába. ― She wove pearls in her hair.
* (transitive) to braid, plait (to interweave three or more strands, strips)
    A haját copfba fonta. ― She plaited her hair. (literally, “She wove her hair into a plait.”)
* (transitive) to twist (rope)
* (transitive) to twine (arms)

#### Derived terms

* fonadék
* fonal
* fonat
* fonál
* fonoda
* fonogat
* fonott
* fonottas
* fonódik
(With verbal prefixes):
* átfon
* befon
* belefon
* egybefon
* felfon
* keresztülfon
* kifon
* körülfon
* lefon
* megfon
* összefon
* ráfon
* nincs kolbászból fonva a kerítés

### References

* ↑ Entry #812 in Uralonet, online Uralic etymological database of the Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics.
* ↑ fon in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

### Further reading

* fon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

## Indonesian
### Etymology 1

From Dutch foon (“phone”), from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔn]
* Hyphenation: fon

#### Noun

fon (plural fon-fon)
* (linguistics) phone, a speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

### Etymology 2

From Dutch föhn (“foehn”), from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔn]
* Hyphenation: fon

#### Noun

fon (plural fon-fon)
* (meteorology) foehn, a warm dry wind blowing down the north sides of the Alps, especially in Switzerland, and similar warm dry wind developing on the lee side of a mountain.
* (obsolete) hairdryer

##### Alternative forms

* fohn
* Föhn

### Etymology 3

From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfɔn]
* Hyphenation: fon

#### Noun

fon (plural fon-fon)
* (computing, typography) font.

##### Alternative forms

* fonta

### Further reading

* “fon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* phon

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔn/
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Hyphenation: fòn

### Noun

fon m (invariable)
* hairdryer, blowdryer
    Synonym: asciugacapelli

#### Derived terms

* fonare

#### Descendants

* Sicilian: fonu

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* (Etymology 1 & 3) IPA: [fon]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -on
* (Etymology 2) IPA: [fɔn]
** Audio (Malaysia):(file)
** Rhymes: -ɔn
* Hyphenation: fon

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from English phone, clipping of telephone.

#### Noun

fon (Jawi spelling فون)
* phone, telephone
    Fon ini siapa punya?Whose phone is this?

##### Compounds

* fon kepala
* fon telinga

### Etymology 2

From English font, from Middle French fonte, feminine past participle of verb fondre (“to melt”).

#### Noun

fon (Jawi spelling فون)
* (computing, typography) font
    fon serif ― serif font

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English phone, from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

#### Noun

fon (Jawi spelling فون)
* (linguistics) phone

### See also

* -fon

### Further reading

* “fon” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Verb

fon
* Alternative form of fonnen

### Etymology 2

Unknown.

#### Noun

fon
* Alternative form of fonne

#### Adjective

fon
* Alternative form of fonne

### Etymology 3

From Old English ġefān, plural of ġefāh; equivalent to fo +‎ -en (plural suffix).

#### Noun

fon
* plural of fo

## Old English
### Etymology

From earlier *fōhan [ˈfoː.xɑn], from Proto-West Germanic *fą̄han. Cognate with Old Frisian fā, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch fān, Old High German fāhan, Old Norse fá, Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /foːn/

### Verb

fōn
* to catch, capture; seize
** c. 990, Wessex Gospels, "Gospel of Saint John", chapter 21, verse 3
    Ðā cwæð Simon Petrus tō him, Ic wylle gān on fixað. Þā cwǣdon hī tō him, And wē wyllað gān mid þē. And hī ēodon ūt, and ēodon on scip, and ne fēngon nān þing on þǣre nihte.Then said Simon Peter to them. I want to go fishing. Then they said to him, and we want to go with you. And they went out and went in a ship, and caught nothing in the night.
** c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
    Hēr bēoþ oft fangene sēolas and hranas and mereswīn.Seals, whales and dolphins are often caught here.
* (with tō) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered
** The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
    Ōsrēd, þe wæs Norþanhymbra cining, æfter wræcsīþe hām cumenum ġelǣht wæs ⁊ ofslagen on XVIII Kƚ Octoƀ ⁊ his līc liġþ æt Tīnamūþe. ⁊ Æþelrēd cining feng tō nīwan wīfe, sēo wæs Ælflēd ġehāten, on III Kƚ Octobr̃.Osred, who was king of Northumbrian, was apprehended and slain on the 17th of October after coming home from his exile, and his body lies at Tynemouth. And King Aethelred took a new wife, whose name was Aelfled, on the third of October.
* (with tō) to conquer, take over
** late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
    Æfter him feng his sunu tō Persea rīċe Xersis.After him his son Xerxes took over the Persian Empire.
    Hīe cwǣdon þæt hē wolde tō þǣre byrġ fōn.They said he would take over the city.

#### Derived terms

* ætfōn
* āfōn
* befōn
* *fenġa
* forefōn
* forfōn
* ġefōn
* misfōn
* onfōn
* underfōn
* wiþfōn
* ymbfōn

#### Descendants

* Middle English: fon, fangen
** Scots: fang
** English: fang

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fanē (“from”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó. Cognates include Old Saxon fan and Old Dutch fan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfon/

### Preposition

fon
* of

#### Descendants

* North Frisian: foon
* Saterland Frisian: fon
* West Frisian: fan

#### References

* Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

## Old High German
### Alternative forms

* fana, fona

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *afanē, *fanē, *funē (“from”).

### Preposition

fon
* from

#### Descendants

* Middle High German: von, vone
** Bavarian:
    Cimbrian: bon
    Mòcheno: va
** German: von
** Luxembourgish: vun
** Vilamovian: fon
** Yiddish: פֿון (fun)

## Old Irish
### Alternative forms

* fond, fun, fund

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɸon], [ɸonʲ], [ɸon͈], [ɸon͈ʲ]
The quality of the n depends on the initial sound of the following word.

### Article

fon
* Univerbation of fo (“under”) +‎ in (“the (accusative singular masculine/feminine; dative singular all genders)”)
** c. 850-875, Turin Glosses and Scholia on St Mark, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 484–94, Tur. 110c
    Ba bés leusom do·bertis dá boc leu dochum tempuil, ⁊ no·léicthe indala n‑aí fon díthrub co pecad in popuil, ⁊ do·bertis maldachta foir, ⁊ n⟨o⟩·oircthe didiu and ó popul tar cenn a pecthae ind aile.It was a custom with them that two he-goats were brought by them to the temple, and one of the two of them was let go to the wilderness with the sin of the people, and curses were put upon him, and thereupon the other was slain there by the people for their sins.

## Old Saxon
### Preposition

fon
* Alternative form of fan

## Polish
### Etymology

Internationalism; compare English phon, French phone, German Phon, ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfɔn/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔn
* Syllabification: fon

### Noun

fon m inan
* (acoustics) phon (logarithmic unit of loudness level for tones and complex sounds)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* fon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French phone.

### Noun

fon m (plural foni)
* phon

#### Declension
## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Old Frisian fon, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *fanē. Cognates include West Frisian fan and German von.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔn/
* Hyphenation: fon
* Rhymes: -ɔn

### Preposition

fon (neuter or distal adverb deerfon, proximal adverb hierfon, interrogative adverb wierfon)
* of
** 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:20:Wilst hie noch deeruur ättertoachte, ferskeen him n Ängel fon dän Here in n Droom un kwaad: Josef, Súun fon David, freze die nit, Maria as dien Wieuw bie die aptouníemen;While he was still thinking about it, came to him an angel from the Lord in a dream and said: Joseph, son of David, don't be afraid to take Maria as your wife;
* from
** 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.She will bear a son; you shall give him the name Jesus; then he shall set his people free from its sins.

### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “fon”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## Scottish Gaelic
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fɔn̪ˠ/
* Hyphenation: fon

### Preposition

fon (+ dative)
* Contraction of fo an.

#### Usage notes

* Like the bare article an, fon triggers lenition if the following noun begins with f, c and g.

### References

* Colin Mark (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fôːn/

#### Noun

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)
* (linguistics) phone

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Borrowed from French fond.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /fôːn/

#### Noun

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)
* basis, foundation
* (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting

##### Synonyms

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

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English phone

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfon/ [ˈfõn]
* Rhymes: -on
* Syllabification: fon

### Noun

fon m (plural fones)
* (Mexico, US, Philippines) phone
    Synonyms: teléfono, celular

#### Derived terms

* fonazo

### Further reading

* “fon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Verb

fon
* to beat, to thrash, to pummel
* to mash, to puree

## Vilamovian
### Etymology

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

### Preposition

fon
* from
* of (belonging to)