fón

See also: fon, Fon, fòn, fōn, főn, -fón, and Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Czech

Etymology

Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)

Noun

fón m

  1. phon (unit of apparent loudness)
  2. phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

Further reading
  • fón in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • fón in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠoːnˠ/

Etymology 1

Clipping of teileafón and/or borrowing from English phone.

Noun

fón m (genitive singular fóin, nominative plural fóin)

  1. phone (telephone)
    Synonyms: guthán, teileafón
Declension
Declension of fón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fón fóin
Vocative a fhóin a fhóna
Genitive fóin fón
Dative fón fóin

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fón na fóin
Genitive an fhóin na bhfón
Dative leis an bhfón

don fhón

 leis na fóin

Etymology 2

Alternative forms
  • fó’n

Contraction

fón

  1. Archaic form of faoin (“about the, under the”).

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fón fhón bhfón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "fón" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • Entries containing “fón” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “fón” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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