different between devin vs devon

French

Etymology

From Old French devin, inherited from Latin d?v?nus (“prophetic”). Doublet of divin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.v??/

Noun

devin m (plural devins, feminine devineresse)

1. forecaster

Further reading

• “devin” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From Latin d?v?nus (“prophetic”).

Noun

devin m (oblique plural devins, nominative singular devins, nominative plural devin)

1. one who practices divination

Descendants

• French: devin

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [de?vin]

Verb

devin

1. first-person singular present indicative of deveni
2. third-person plural present indicative of deveni
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of deveni

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d???in/
• Hyphenation: de?vin

Adjective

dévin (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. (relational) camel; camel's

Declension

Turkish

Noun

devin

1. genitive singular of dev
2. second-person singular possessive of dev

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?v?n/
• Rhymes: -?v?n

Noun

devon (plural devons)

1. (Australia, Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage.
   • 1995, The Bulletin, Issues 5953-5959, page 23,

     Initial suspicions pointed at both food and water, narrowing down after a while to fritz (devon, as it is known in some states), a popular, bland, processed meat.

   • 2008, H. G. Nelson, Sprays: A Collection of Verbal Touch-Ups, page 216,

     Elsewhere the Roy Slaven signature range of smallgoods – marketed with the shout-out line, ‘Roy: still doing things with meat butchers only dream of!’ ? has captured the imagination of an increasingly time-poor community looking for top-shelf short cuts in cuisine solutions. When I last looked, Roy had personally signed nearly 5.9 million salamis, chorizos and devon logs this year.

   • 2009, Helen Greenwood, John Newton, Sydney 2010: More Than 450 Butchers, Bakers, Food Stores and Chocolate Makers, unnumbered page,

     One of our firm favourites both for the quality and the taste of Ricky Roessler?s smallgoods – and the sheer joy of shopping here. No devon or pastrami, though, just plenty of bratwurst: […] .

Synonyms

• fritz

Czech

Noun

devon m

1. Devonian (geological period)

Further reading

• devon in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• devon in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.v??/

Noun

devon m (plural devons)

1. devon

Esperanto

Noun

devon

1. accusative singular of devo