different between agon vs gaon
agon
English
Etymology
From Latin ag?n, from Ancient Greek ???? (ag?n, “contest”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æ.???n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?æ.?o?n/
Noun
agon (countable and uncountable, plural agons or agones)
- (countable) A struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
- (countable) An intellectual conflict or apparent competition of ideas.
- March 23, 1986, Harold Bloom, "FREUD, THE GREATEST MODERN WRITER", in the New York Times
- Freud's originality stemmed from his aggression and ambition in his agon with biology.
- March 23, 1986, Harold Bloom, "FREUD, THE GREATEST MODERN WRITER", in the New York Times
- (countable) A contest in ancient Greece, as in athletics or music, in which prizes were awarded.
- (uncountable) A two-player board game played on a hexagonally-tiled board, popular in Victorian times.
- Synonym: queen's guard
Related terms
- agony
- agonism
- antagonism
- antagonist
- protagonism
- protagonist
Translations
Anagrams
- Gano, Gaon, Goan, Nago, Noga, gaon, goan
Esperanto
Noun
agon
- accusative singular of ago
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???? (ag?n, “contest”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?a.?o?n/, [?ä?o?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?a.?on/, [?????n]
Noun
ag?n m (genitive ag?nis); third declension
- a contest
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- agon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- agon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- agon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- agon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary
Portuguese
Noun
agon m (plural agons or agones)
- agon (a struggle between the protagonist and antagonist)
Vietnamese
Etymology
From French argon, from English argon, from New Latin argon, from Ancient Greek ????? (argón).
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [?a??? ??w??m??], [?a?k??? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?a??? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?a??? ??w??m??], [?a?k??? ??w??m??], [?a?k???? ??w??m??]
- Phonetic: a gông, ác gông, ?c gông
Noun
agon
- argon
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gaon
English
Etymology 1
Noun
gaon (plural geonim)
- Alternative letter-case form of Gaon
Etymology 2
From Hindi ???? (g?mv).
Noun
gaon (plural gaons)
- (India) A village
Anagrams
- Gano, Goan, Nago, Noga, agon, goan
Dutch Low Saxon
Etymology
From Old Saxon g?n, from Proto-Germanic *g?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *??eh?- (“to leave”).
Cognate with German Low German gahn, Dutch gaan, German gehen, English go, West Frisian gean, Danish gå.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /x??n/
Verb
gaon
- (intransitive) to go
Inflection
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gâen, from Old Dutch g?n, from a fusion of Proto-Germanic *g?n? and *gangan?, from Proto-Indo-European *??eh?-, *??eng?-.
Verb
gaon
- to go
- to leave
Conjugation
Mauritian Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a??/
Etymology
From Hindi ???? (g?mv)
Noun
gaon
- village
- Synonym: vilaz
- countryside
- Synonym: lakanpagn
Vilamovian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adverb
gaon
- gladly
Alternative forms
- gann
Etymology 2
From Middle High German geben, from Old High German geban
Verb
gaon
- to give
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