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loon
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)
- An idler, a lout.
- (chiefly Scotland, Ulster) A boy, a lad.
- (chiefly Scotland) A harlot; mistress.
- (chiefly Scotland) A simpleton.
- (slang) A crazy or deranged person.
- (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)
- (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 […].
- 1634, William Wood, New Englands Prospect, I:
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)
- 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)
- 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
- first-person singular present indicative of lonen
- imperative of lonen
Ingrian
Postposition
loon
- at
Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *l?n, from Proto-Germanic *launaz.
Noun
lôon m or n
- wage, payment for services or work
- reward
- 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 ?
- Borgloon (a city in modern Belgium)
- 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)
- (Doric) boy, young man
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zoon
English
Alternative forms
- zoön
Etymology
First adopted by Herbert Spencer in Principles of Biology (see 1864 quotation): from New Latin z?on, from Ancient Greek ???? (zôion, “animal”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?z???n/
Noun
zoon (plural zoa or zoons)
- (biology) An animal which is the sole product of a single egg.
- (biology) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
Quotations
- 1864, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Biology, page 205, §?73 (1868 reprint; D. Appleton & Co.)
- [… A] zoological individual is constituted either by any such single animal as a mammal or bird, which may properly claim the title of a zoon, or by any such group of animals as the numerous Medusæ that have been developed from the same egg, which are to be severally distinguished as zooids.
Antonyms
- (an animal which is the sole product of a single egg): zooid
References
Anagrams
- nooz, zono-
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch s?ne, from Old Dutch suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zo?n/
- Hyphenation: zoon
- Homophone: zo'n
- Rhymes: -o?n
Noun
zoon m (plural zoons or zonen, diminutive zoontje n)
- son
Derived terms
- kleinzoon
- Mensenzoon
- Zoon des mensen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: seun
See also
- dochter
Anagrams
- ozon
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Noun
zoon
- accusative singular of zoo
Limburgish
Etymology
From Middle Dutch s?ne, from Old Dutch suno, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús.
Noun
zoon m (plural zeuns)
- son
Yola
Adverb
zoon
- soon
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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