vont

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vonte, from Old French fonte, from Latin fons (source; baptismal font).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: vont
  • Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

vont f or n (plural vonten)

  1. (Christianity) baptismal font
    Synonym: doopvont

Usage notes

Now a less common and more specialist term than doopvont.

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From an assumed Vulgar Latin *vaunt, from Latin vadunt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔ̃/, (in liaison) /vɔ̃.t‿/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Verb

vont

  1. third-person plural present indicative of aller
  2. third-person plural present indicative of vader

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvont]
  • Hyphenation: vont

Etymology 1

von (to pull, to draw) + -t

Verb

vont

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of von

Participle

vont

  1. past participle of von

Etymology 2

von (won [currency]) + -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

vont

  1. accusative singular of von

Old French

Alternative forms

  • vunt (Anglo-Norman)

Verb

vont

  1. third-person plural present indicative of aler
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