English - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒn

English - Etymology 1

From Latin dominus, "lord", "head of household", akin to Spanish don and Italian dom; from domus, "house", + diminutive suffix -inus. Compare dominie.

Noun

don (plural dons)

1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
2. A mafia boss.

Derived terms

• donnish

Translations

English - Etymology 2

A contraction of Middle English do on. Compare also doff.

Verb

don (third-person singular simple present dons, present participle donning, simple past and past participle donned)

1. (clothing) to put on, to dress in

   To don one's clothes.

Antonyms

• (put on clothes): doff

Translations

See also

• put on
• wear

English - Anagrams

• NOD, nod

Breton - Adjective

don

1. deep

French - Etymology

From Latin donum.

French - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɔ̃/
• Homophones: dom, dons, dont

French - Noun

don

French - External Links

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

Irish - Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪

Irish - Etymology 2

From Old Irish don (“misfortune, evil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d̪

Italian - Etymology

From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from Latin domnus < dominus.

Italian - Noun

don

Lojban - Rafsi

don

1. rafsi of do.

Nigerian Pidgin - Etymology

From English done.

Nigerian Pidgin - Verb

don

1. have (perfect aspect auxiliary)

   Wi don chop = "We have eaten"

Northern Sami - Pronoun

don

1. you (thou)

Inflection

Old English - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną (“to do”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to make, do, place”). Cognate with Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā (West Frisian dwaan), Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon, Old Dutch duon (Dutch doen), Old High German tuon (German tun); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi), Latin faciō, Old Irish dorat (Irish déan), Old Church Slavonic дѣти (děti).

Old English - Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doːn/

Old English - Verb

dōn

1. to do

Conjugation

Descendants

• Middle English: don
  • English: to do
  • Scots: dae

Old Irish - Noun

don

Old Saxon - Alternative Forms

• doan, duan, duon

Old Saxon - Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną. Compare Old English dōn, Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā, Old Dutch duon, Old High German tuon.

Old Saxon - Verb

dōn

1. to do

Conjugation

Descendants

• Low German: doon

Scottish Gaelic - Etymology

do + an

Scottish Gaelic - Alternative Forms

• dhan

Scottish Gaelic - Preposition

don

1. to the (singular)

   Chaidh i don bhùth. - She went to the shop.

2. for the (singular)

Usage notes

• Without the definite article and in the plural the form do is used.
• Lenites words beginning with b, c, f, g, m and p.

Spanish - Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -on

Spanish - Etymology 1

From Late Latin dom (“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus (“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus (“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (“to build”)

Noun

don

Spanish - Etymology 2

From Latin donum (“a gift”), from do (“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)

Noun

don

Swedish - Noun

don

Turkish - Etymology 1

From Old Turkic ton, from Proto-Turkic *tōn.

Noun

don

1. underpants

Turkish - Etymology 2

From Old Turkic toŋ, from Proto-Turkic *tong, *doŋ.

Noun

don

1. frost

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