different between oont vs dont

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ??? (???, “camel”), Sauraseni Prakrit ???????????????? (u??a), from Sanskrit ?????? (u??ra, “camel”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras (“camel; buffalo”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American, General Australian) IPA^(key): /?nt/
• (India) IPA^(key): /??t/, /???/

Noun

oont (plural oonts)

1. (India (Anglo-Indian), Australia, colloquial) A camel. [from 19th c.]

Notes

Further reading

• “oont” in the Collins English Dictionary

Anagrams

• Toon, noot, noto-, on to, onto, onto-, tono-, toon

English

Contraction

dont

1. Misspelling of don't.

Breton

Alternative forms

• doned

Etymology

A suppletive verb. The verbal noun is from Middle Breton donet (influenced by monet (“to go”)), from Old Breton diminet. Cognate with Welsh dyfod, dod, and Cornish dos, dones; from Old Breton di, do + monet (“to go”). The other forms are from Proto-Celtic *toageti, itself also a suppletive verb (stemming from *ageti (“to drive”) and *pelh?-). See also Old Irish do·aig (“to drive off”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??nt/

Verb

dont

1. (intransitive) to come

Inflection

Conjugation

Derived terms

• a zeu

Danish

Noun

dont

1. a (piece of) work, a deed

French

Etymology

From Middle French dont, from Old French dunt, from Vulgar Latin/Latin d? unde (“from where”). Compare Spanish donde (“where”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Homophones: dom, don, dons
• Rhymes: -??

Pronoun

dont

1. of/from whom/which, whose

   Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?

   Do you remember that of which we spoke?

   Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain.

   It is nothing of which I am still certain.

   Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ?

   What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?

   J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours.

   I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.

   La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable.

   The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.

   Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers.

   The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of great adventurers.

   Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste.

   These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.

2. (sometimes) by which

   Le coup dont il fut frappé.

   The blow by which he was struck.

3. Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.

   Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.

   He had ten children, nine of them girls.

Synonyms

• (of which): de qui, de quoi, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels m pl, desquelles f pl

Derived terms

• dont acte
• dont appel
• dont auquel

References

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• tond

Middle English

Noun

dont

1. Alternative form of dint

Middle French

Alternative forms

• dant

Pronoun

dont

1. of whom; of which

Descendants

• French: dont

Occitan

Pronunciation

Preposition

dont

1. including, such as