dont

See also: don't and dönt

English

Contraction

dont

  1. Misspelling of don't.

Breton

Alternative forms
  • doned

Etymology

Cognate with Welsh dod and Cornish dos, dones, contracted from Cornish devones; from Cornish de + Cornish mones (“to go”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ̃nt/

Verb

dont

  1. (intransitive) to come

Inflection
  Mutation of dont  
Breton consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixed
dont zont unchanged tont tont

Conjugation
Personal forms
IndicativeConditionalImperative
PresentImperfectPreteriteFuturePresentImperfect
1sdeuandeuendeuisdeuindeufendeujen-
2sdeuezdeuesdeujoutdeuideufesdeujesdeu
3sdeudeuedeuasdeuodeufedeujedeuet
1pdeuompdeuempdeujompdeuimpdeufempdeujempdeuomp
2pdeuitdeuec'hdeujoc'hdeuotdeufec'hdeujec'hdeuit
3pdeuontdeuentdeujontdeuintdeufentdeujentdeuent
0deuerdeueddeujoddeuordeufeddeujed-
Impersonal formsMutated forms
Infinitive: dont, donet
Present participle: o tont
Past participle: deuet (auxiliary verb: bezañ)		Soft mutation after a: a zeu-
Mixed mutation after e: e teu-
Soft mutation after ne/na: ne/na zeu-

Derived terms
  • a zeu

French

Etymology

From Middle French dont, from Old French dunt, from Vulgar Latin/Latin dē unde (“from where”)[1]. Compare Spanish donde (“where”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɔ̃/
  • Audio (France)(file)
  • Homophones: dom, don, dons
  • Rhymes: -dɔ̃

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

Derived terms
  • dont auquel

References
  1. Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse

Further reading

Anagrams

Middle English

Noun

dont

  1. Alternative form of dint

Middle French

Alternative forms

Pronoun

dont

  1. of whom; of which

Descendants
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