different between foon vs doon

English

Etymology

Blend of fork +? spoon

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /fu?n/
• (US) enPR: fo?on, IPA^(key): /fun/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

foon (plural foons)

1. A spork.

Synonyms

• spork

See also

• runcible spoon
• splade, Splayd™

Afrikaans

Etymology

Borrowed from English phone. Equivalent to a clipping of telefoon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f???n/

Noun

foon (plural foons)

1. (chiefly in the singular) A telephone, a phone.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fon; compare Dutch van, German von.

Preposition

foon

1. from
2. of

Oromo

Noun

foon

1. meat

English

Etymology 1

See down.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?n/

Adverb

doon (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) Down.

Preposition

doon

1. (Tyneside) Down.

Adjective

doon (not comparable)

1. (Tyneside) On a lower level than before; down.

Etymology 2

See dun.

Noun

doon (plural doons)

1. Alternative form of dun, an ancient or medieval fortification.

Anagrams

• Ondo, dono

Limburgish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch doen, from Old Dutch duon, from Proto-Germanic *d?n?, from Proto-Indo-European *d?eh?-.

Verb

doon

1. to do

Conjugation

Derived terms

• euverdoon, óppernuuj doon
• euverdoonder

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German dôn. Compare Low German doen, West Frisian dwaan, English do, German tun.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do??n/

Verb

doon (third-person singular simple present deit, past tense dee, past participle daan, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to do
2. to put

   Do dat aver dor!

   Just put it in there!

3. (auxiliary) to cause to, to make; forms causative verbs
4. (auxiliary, preterite) often used instead of the preterit of weak verbs, with an infinitive.

   Ik dee em en Kado geven!

   I gave him a present!

5. (auxiliary, preterite) always used in a subordinate clause with wenn, sometimes also with dat.

   So worr dat düüster wenn de Sünn ünnergahn dee

   It became dark when the sun went down!

Conjugation

Manx

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /du?n/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish dúnaid, dúinid (“shuts, closes; blocks, obstructs; joins, clasps; closes, ends”).

Alternative forms

• dooin

Verb

doon (past ghoon, future independent doonee, verbal noun dooney, past participle doont)

1. close, shut

Etymology 2

From Old Irish dún, from Proto-Celtic *d?nom (“stronghold”).

Noun

doon m (genitive singular doon, plural doonyn)

1. fort, fastness

2. stronghold, bastion

Mutation

Middle English

Adjective

doon

1. done

Scots

Etymology

From Old English d?ne, aphetic form of ad?ne, from of d?ne (“off the hill”).

Adverb

doon (comparative mair doon, superlative maist doon)

1. down

Preposition

doon

1. down

Derived terms

• doon the stair

Somali

Verb

doon

1. want, hope, aspire

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /do?on/

Adverb

doon

1. there (far from both the speaker and the listener)