different between loon vs woon

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English louen, lowen (“rascal; rogue”), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. Compare Dutch loen (“simpleton”). Or, related to sense 2, due to the bird's loud cry. Folk etymology associates it slang-wise with lunatic, though the latter may have influenced it; see loony.

Noun

loon (plural loons)

1. An idler, a lout.
2. (chiefly Scotland, Ulster) A boy, a lad.
3. (chiefly Scotland) A harlot; mistress.
4. (chiefly Scotland) A simpleton.
5. (slang) A crazy or deranged person.
6. (Ireland, historical) An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.

Synonyms

• (crazy person):: lunatic, psycho, wacko

Translations

See also

• looney, loony, loonie

References

Etymology 2

Of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse lómr (“loon”), ultimately imitative of the bird's cry, particularly when it's in danger. Distantly related to lament, probably sharing Proto-Indo-European *leh?- (expressive root).

Noun

loon (plural loons)

1. (US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
   • 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:

     The Loone is an ill ?hap'd thing like a Cormorant; but that he can neyther goe nor flye […].

Synonyms

• (bird of order Gaviiformes): diver

Derived terms

• black-throated loon (Gavia arctica)
• great northern loon, common loon (Gavia immer)
• Pacific loon (Gavia pacifica)
• red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
• yellow-billed loon (Gavia adamsii)
• loonie

Translations

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• nolo

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch loon, from Middle Dutch loon, from Old Dutch l?n.

Noun

loon (plural lone, diminutive loontjie)

1. wage

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo?n/
• Hyphenation: loon
• Rhymes: -o?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch loon, from Old Dutch l?n.

Noun

loon n (plural lonen, diminutive loontje n)

1. wage, pay, reward

Synonyms

• salaris

Derived terms

• arbeidsloon
• belonen
• hongerloon
• leefloon
• loondienst
• loonheffing
• loonkosten
• loonlijst
• loonslaaf
• loonstrook
• loonwerk
• loonzakje
• minimumloon
• verlonen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: loon

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

loon

1. first-person singular present indicative of lonen
2. imperative of lonen

Ingrian

Postposition

loon

1. at

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *l?n, from Proto-Germanic *launaz.

Noun

lôon m or n

1. wage, payment for services or work
2. reward
3. value

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• lônen

Descendants

• Dutch: loon
• Limburgish: loean

Etymology 2

Dative plural of lô.

Noun

lôon ?

1. Borgloon (a city in modern Belgium)
2. Loon (a county)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: Loon, (compounded) Borgloon

Further reading

• “loon (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “loon (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “loon”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN

Scots

Noun

loon (plural loons)

1. (Doric) boy, young man

English

Noun

woon

1. (obsolete) dwelling; wone

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?o?n/
• Hyphenation: woon
• Rhymes: -o?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch wone.

Noun

woon f (uncountable)

1. domicile, residence, home, abode (place of living)
2. residence, inhabiting (state of residing)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

woon

1. first-person singular present indicative of wonen
2. imperative of wonen