Ion

See also: ion, ión, íon, -ion, i-on, and ion-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn).

Proper noun

Ion

  1. (Greek mythology) Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people.

Anagrams


German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ion n (genitive Ions, plural Ionen)

  1. ion (an atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge)

Declension

Further reading

  • Ion in Duden online

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Iōn m (genitive Iōnis); third declension

  1. A river of Thessaly rising in the Cambunii mountains

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Iōn
Genitive Iōnis
Dative Iōnī
Accusative Iōnem
Ablative Iōne
Vocative Iōn

References

  • Ion in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle English

Proper noun

Ion

  1. John, Jon
    • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
      And I seide, “Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. And herfore grete men of kunnynge and other also drowen myche to him, and comownede ofte with him. And thei sauouriden so his loore that thei wroten it bisili and enforsiden hem to rulen hem theraftir… Maister [Ion Aston] taughte and wroot acordingli and ful bisili, where and whanne and to whom he myghte, and he vsid it himsilf, I gesse, right perfyghtli vnto his lyues eende. Also Filip of Repintoun whilis he was a chanoun of Leycetre, Nycol Herforde, dane Geffrey of Pikeringe, monke of Biland and a maistir dyuynyte, and Ioon Purueye, and manye other whiche weren holden rightwise men and prudent, taughten and wroten bisili this forseide lore of Wiclef, and conformeden hem therto. And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew. And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

See Ioan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [iˈon]

Proper noun

Ion m (genitive/dative lui Ion, female equivalent Ioana)

  1. A male given name, equivalent to English John.

Derived terms

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