fón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfoːn]
  • Hyphenation: fón
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

fón m inan

  1. phon (unit of apparent loudness)
  2. phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

Declension
Declension of fón (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative fón fóny
genitive fónu fónů
dative fónu fónům
accusative fón fóny
vocative fóne fóny
locative fónu fónech
instrumental fónem fóny

Further reading
  • fón in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fón in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • fón in Internetová jazyková příručka

Hungarian

Etymology

Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfoːn]
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

fón (plural fónok)

  1. phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)
    Synonym: hangszegmentum

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative fón fónok
accusative fónt fónokat
dative fónnak fónoknak
instrumental fónnal fónokkal
causal-final fónért fónokért
translative fónná fónokká
terminative fónig fónokig
essive-formal fónként fónokként
essive-modal — —
inessive fónban fónokban
superessive fónon fónokon
adessive fónnál fónoknál
illative fónba fónokba
sublative fónra fónokra
allative fónhoz fónokhoz
elative fónból fónokból
delative fónról fónokról
ablative fóntól fónoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 fóné fónoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 fónéi fónokéi
Possessive forms of fón
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. fónom fónjaim
2nd person sing. fónod fónjaid
3rd person sing. fónja fónjai
1st person plural fónunk fónjaink
2nd person plural fónotok fónjaitok
3rd person plural fónjuk fónjaik

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠoːnˠ/

Etymology 1

Clipping of teileafón and/or borrowing from English phone.

Noun

fón m (genitive singular fóin, nominative plural fóin)

  1. phone (telephone)
    Synonyms: guthán, teileafón
Declension
Declension of fón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fón fóin
Vocative a fhóin a fhóna
Genitive fóin fón
Dative fón fóin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fón na fóin
Genitive an fhóin na bhfón
Dative leis an bhfón

don fhón

 leis na fóin

Alternative forms
  • fó’n

Contraction

fón

  1. Archaic form of faoin (“about the, under the”).

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fón fhón bhfón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “fón” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fón” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fón

  1. Superseded spelling of fòn (“phone”).

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fónfhón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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