fon

fon (plural fons)

1. A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
   • 2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front →ISBN, page 71:

     Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA), […]

   • 2010, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon →ISBN, page 53:

     In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.

   • 2011, Society and Change in Bali Nyonga: Critical Perspectives →ISBN, page 152:

     Biya's volte-face became apparent in July 1990 when he, as president of the ruling Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) appointed Ganyonga and the fons of Mankon and and Bafut into key positions of the party […]

• fondom

• NOF, OFN, ONF.

fon

1. third-person singular present indicative form of fondre
2. second-person singular imperative form of fondre

fon m (uncountable)

1. Fon (language)

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

fōn

1. Romanization of 𐍆𐍉𐌽

From French fond (“bottom”)

fon

1. bottom

From Proto-Uralic *puna- (“to spin, twist”). Cognates include Southern Mansi po̰n- and Finnish punoa.[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈfon]

fon

1. (transitive) to spin (to make thread by twisting fibers)

   Gyapjút fontak. - They were spinning wool.

2. (transitive) to weave

   kosarat fon - to weave baskets

3. (transitive) to weave something (into something -ba/-be)

   Gyöngyöket font a hajába. - She wove pearls in her hair.

4. (transitive) to braid, plait (to interweave three or more strands, strips)

   A haját copfba fonta. - She plaited her hair.

(With verbal prefixes):

• befon
• kifon

(Expressions):

• nincs kolbászból fonva a kerítés

• phon

Originally a brandname, from German Fön, from Föhn, a warm, dry wind.

fon m (invariable)

1. hairdryer, blowdryer

   Synonym: asciugacapelli

• fonare

Unknown.

fon

1. Alternative form of fonnen

Unknown.

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

fon

1. Alternative form of fonne

From Old English ġefān, plural of ġefāh.

fon

1. plural of fo

From Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Cognate with Old Frisian fā, Old Saxon fahan, Old Dutch fān (Dutch vangen), Old High German fahan (German fangen (“catch”)), Old Norse fá (Danish and Swedish få), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan). The Indo-European root is also the source of Latin pangō (“fix”).

• IPA^(key): /foːn/

fōn

1. to seize, take

• befōn
• fōrefōn
• ġefōn
• onfōn
• ymbfōn

• Middle English: fon, fangen
  • Scots: fang
  • English: fang

From Proto-Germanic *afana, whence also Old Saxon fan

fon

1. from

• German: von
• Yiddish: פֿון‎ (fun)

fon

1. Alternative form of fan

From Proto-Germanic *afana. Compare West Frisian fan, German von.

fon

1. from
2. of

fo + an

fon

1. under the
2. under their

• fa-near

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. (linguistics) phone

From French fond.

• IPA^(key): /fôːn/

fȏn m (Cyrillic spelling фо̑н)

1. basis, foundation
2. (painting) the first layer that lays the foundation for the painting

• (basis): ȍsnova
• (foundation layer): fȍnd

From Middle High German von (“from”), from Old High German fon, fona (“from”). Cognate with German von.

fon

1. from
2. of (belonging to)