-on

See also: Appendix:Variations of "on"

English

Etymology

  • (Physics) From -on in electron, reinforced by Ancient Greek -ον (-on) ending neuter nouns and adjectives.
  • (Chemistry) From -on in carbon, first applied to boron and then to silicon.

Suffix

-on

  1. (physics, mathematics and biology) Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles (proton), quanta (photon), molecular units (codon), or substances (interferon).
  2. (biology, genetics) Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units, such as codon or recon.
  3. (chemistry) Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements (such as boron or silicon).

Derived terms

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Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Suffix

-on

  1. (organic chemistry) -one

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔn/
  • Audio(file)

Suffix

-on

  1. (organic chemistry) -one
  2. (particles) -on

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Finnish

Suffix

-on

  1. Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ̃/

Etymology 1

From Old French -on, a blending of Latin -ōnem (accusative singular of -ō, masculine appellative suffix), Frankish -on (accusative of -o, ending of masculine weak declension nouns), Frankish -in (diminutive suffix), and Frankish -ing (diminutive suffix for animals, via -enc, -enz).

Suffix

-on

  1. Forming diminutives of things, including some animals.
    chat (“cat”) + ‎-on → ‎chaton (“kitten”)
    ours (“bear”) + ‎-on → ‎ourson (“cub”)
  2. Indicating origin or occupation.
    marmite (“cooking pot”) + ‎-on → ‎marmiton (“chef's assistant”)
    quartier (“quarter”) + ‎-on → ‎quarteron (“quarter of a pound”)

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek -ον (-on), neuter of -ος (-os), masculine adjective ending.

Suffix

-on

  1. (physics and biology) -on
Derived terms
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Gothic

Romanization

-on

  1. Romanization of -𐍉𐌽

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [on]

Suffix

-on

  1. (case suffix) on. Used to form the superessive case.
    asztal (“table”) → az asztalon (“on the table”)

Usage notes

  • (case suffix) Harmonic variants:
    -n is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.
    -on is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant
    -en is added to unrounded front vowel words ending in a consonant
    -ön is added to rounded front vowel words ending in a consonant

See also

  • rajta
  • Category:Hungarian words taking -n/-on/-en/-ön
  • Category:Hungarian noun forms
  • Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Suffix

-on

  1. (verbal suffix) used to form the infinitive of class 2 weak verbs (an alternative ending -oian is sometimes found instead of -on)
    makon "to make"
    haton "to hate"

Spanish

Suffix

-on

  1. Obsolete spelling of -ón
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