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English

Etymology

From Middle English forn, from Old English foran (“before, in front, forward, to the front”). More at fore.

Adverb

forn (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Fore, before; in front of; forward; previously.
   • 1598-1602, [author unknown], The Parnassus plays

     Stories of love, where forne the wondring bench, / The lisping gallant might injoy his wench.

Anagrams

• Fron, Norf.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan forn, from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *g??r?-nós, from *g??er- (“warm, hot”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?fo?n/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?forn/

Noun

forn m (plural forns)

1. oven
2. bakery

   Synonyms: fleca, forn de pa

Derived terms

• forn de microones
• forn de pa

Related terms

• fornell
• forner

Further reading

• “forn” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “forn” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “forn” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “forn” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Cornish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin furnus. Cognate with Welsh ffwrn (“oven”)

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [f?rn]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [v?rn]

Noun

forn f (plural fornow)

1. oven

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rtn/

  Rhymes: -?rtn

Adjective

forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastur)

1. old, ancient

Declension

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (furn), from Aramaic ?????? / ?????? (p?rn?), from Ancient Greek ??????? (phoûrnos), from Latin furnus. There is no reason to doubt the inheritance of the word in Maltese and consider it a borrowing from an Italo-Romance cognate such as Italian forno. The Arabic word is attested early, the outcome forn is expected in Maltese, and so is the plural fran from Arabic ???????? (?afr?n). Only the derivative furnar (“baker”) is, of course, a borrowing (widely replacing native ?abbie?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?rn/

Noun

forn m (plural fran)

1. oven

Related terms

• furnar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Adjective

forn (masculine and feminine forn, neuter fornt, definite singular and plural forne, comparative fornare, indefinite superlative fornast, definite superlative fornaste)

1. old, ancient

References

• “forn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin furnus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fu?n/

Noun

forn m (plural forns)

1. oven

Dialectal variants

• horn (Gascon)

Derived terms

• enfornar
• fornairon
• fornariá
• fornejar
• fornatge
• fornèl
• fornelar
• fornial
• fornièr
• fornassa
• fornada

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *fur-

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?rn/, [fo?r?n]

Adverb

f?rn

1. before, in front of, opposit, across from

Related terms

• forne
• foran

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *furhn? (“trout”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /forn/, [for?n]

Noun

forn f

1. trout

Usage notes

• The precise gender of the word is unknown. It is generally regarded as a feminine a-stem due to cognates in related Germanic languages.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *perHm-, *perH- (“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”). Cognate with Old English firn, fyrn-, Old Frisian f?r, f?r, Old Saxon fern, Old High German firni, Gothic ???????????????????????????????? (fairneis).

Adjective

forn (comparative fornari, superlative fornastr)

1. old, ancient

Declension

Descendants

References

• forn in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin furnus. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French forn.

Noun

forn m (oblique plural forns, nominative singular forns, nominative plural forn)

1. oven (device for baking, cooking, etc.)

Descendants

• Catalan: forn
• Occitan: forn

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “furnus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 30, page 902

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz.

Adjective

forn

1. ancient, very old

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: forn

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish forn, from Old Norse forn, from Proto-Germanic *fernaz (“foregoing, previous; recent”), from Proto-Indo-European *per?m-, *per?- (“fore, first”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“forth, over, across, through”)

Adjective

forn

1. ancient, very old

Declension

Related terms

• fornforskare
• fornforskning
• forngermansk
• fornminne
• fornnordisk
• fornsvensk
• forntid

English

Etymology 1

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

Noun

fon (plural fons)

1. (obsolete) A fool or idiot.

Derived terms

• fond

References

• fon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

fon (plural fons)

1. A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
   • 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

Verb

fon

1. third-person singular present indicative form of fondre
2. second-person singular imperative form of fondre

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Late Cornish) IPA^(key): /fo?n/
• (Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): /f??n/

Noun

fon m (plural fons)

1. telephone, phone

French

Noun

fon m (uncountable)

1. Fon (language)

Further reading

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

Gothic

Romanization

f?n

1. Romanization of ????????????

Haitian Creole

Etymology 1

From French fond (“bottom”)

Noun

fon

1. bottom

Etymology 2

From French front (“forehead”).

Noun

fon

1. forehead

Hungarian

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *puna- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates include Southern Mansi po?n- and Finnish punoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fon]
• Rhymes: -on

Verb

fon

1. (transitive) to spin (to make thread by twisting fibers)

2. (transitive) to weave

3. (transitive) to weave something (into something -ba/-be)

4. (transitive) to braid, plait (to interweave three or more strands, strips)

Conjugation

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

References

Further reading

• fon in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Dutch foon (“phone”), from Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?, “sound”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n]
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

1. (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 *fa?nius, from Latin Fav?nius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n]
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

1. (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.

Alternative forms

• fohn
• Föhn

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?f?n]
• Hyphenation: fon

Noun

fon (first-person possessive fonku, second-person possessive fonmu, third-person possessive fonnya)

1. (computing, typography) font.

Alternative forms

• fonta

Further reading

• “fon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Alternative forms

• phon

Etymology

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

Noun

fon m (invariable)

1. hairdryer, blowdryer

   Synonym: asciugacapelli

Derived terms

• fonare

Middle English

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Verb

fon

1. Alternative form of fonnen

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Noun

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

Adjective

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

Etymology 3

From Old English ?ef?n, plural of ?ef?h.

Noun

fon

1. plural of fo

Old English

Etymology

From earlier *f?han [?fo?.x?n], from Proto-Germanic *fanhan?. Cognate with Old Frisian f?, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch f?n, Old High German fahan, Old Norse fá, Gothic ???????????????????? (fahan).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fo?n/

Verb

f?n

1. to catch, capture; seize
   • c. 900, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History

2. (with t?) to take what is given, receive or accept what is offered
3. (with t?) to conquer, take over

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Old Frisian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fon/

Preposition

fon

1. 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 *afan?, *fan?, *fun? (“from”).

Preposition

fon

1. from

Descendants

• Middle High German: von, vone
  • Bavarian:

    Cimbrian: bon, vo

    Mòcheno: va

  • German: von
  • Luxembourgish: vun
  • Vilamovian: fon
  • Yiddish: ????? (fun)

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fond, fun, fund

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fon/

Article

fon

1. 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

Old Saxon

Preposition

fon

1. Alternative form of fan

Romanian

Etymology

From French phone.

Noun

fon m (plural foni)

1. phon

Declension

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian fon, from Proto-Germanic *fan?. Compare West Frisian fan, German von.

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

fo + an

Preposition

fon

1. under the
2. under their

Derived terms

• fa-near

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fô?n/

Noun

f?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. (linguistics) phone

Declension

Etymology 2

From French fond.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fô?n/

Noun

f?n m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. basis, foundation
2. (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting

Declension

Synonyms

• (basis): ?snova
• (foundation layer): f?nd

Vilamovian

Etymology

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

Preposition

fon

1. from
2. of (belonging to)