fonn

From Old Norse fǫnn; cognate with Icelandic fönn, Danish fon.

• IPA^(key): /fɔnː/

  Rhymes: -ɔnː

fonn f (genitive singular fannar, plural fannir)

1. snowdrift
2. bow wash, bow wave

• kavafonn, skalvur, snjófonn (poetic)
• bógfonn

• (Kerry) IPA^(key): /fˠəun̪ˠ/[1]
• (Galway, West Cork) IPA^(key): /fˠuːn̪ˠ/[2]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠʌn̪ˠ/[3]

From Old Irish fonn (“desire, fondness”).

fonn m (genitive singular foinn)

1. desire, urge
2. mood (with chun or the genitive of what the person is in the mood for)

   Tá fonn orm chun damhsa.

   I feel like dancing; I’m in the mood for dancing.

   Tá fonn damhsa orm.

   I feel like dancing; I’m in the mood for dancing.

• (West Cork) IPA^(key): /fˠəun̪ˠ/

From Old Irish fonn (“melody, song”).

fonn m (genitive singular foinn, nominative plural foinn)

1. (music) air (song)

• "fonn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 fonn (‘desire, fondness’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “3 fonn (‘melody, song’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• “fonn” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Entries containing “fonn” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fonn” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

From Old Norse fǫnn.

• IPA^(key): /fɔnː/

fonn f (definite singular fonna, indefinite plural fenner or fonner, definite plural fennene or fonnene)

1. a snowdrift
2. an avalanche
3. a glacier

• snøfonn

• “fonn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /fon͈/

Possibly a late or variant form of bonn (“sole, foot”).

fonn m or n

1. sole (of the foot):
2. base, bottom, foundation
3. soil, ground, (by extension) piece of land, territory

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

fonn m

1. desire, fondness, pleasure (in something)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Perhaps an extension of fonn².

fonn m

1. melody, song

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 fonn (‘sole; bottom’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “2 fonn (‘desire, fondness’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “3 fonn (‘melody, song’)”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /fɔun̪ˠ/

fonn m (genitive singular fuinn, plural fuinn)

1. tune, melody

• port, mànran

fonn n (plural of fōn)

1. flags