don

See also: Appendix:Variations of "don"

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin dominus (“lord, head of household”), akin to Spanish don and Italian don; from domus (“house”). Compare dominie.

Noun

don (plural dons)

  1. A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
  2. A mafia boss.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

A contraction of Middle English do on. Compare also doff.

Verb

don (third-person singular simple present dons, present participle donning, simple past and past participle donned)

  1. (transitive, clothing) To put on, to dress in.
    To don one's clothes.
Antonyms
  • (put on clothes): doff
Translations
See also

Anagrams

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dõ˦õ˨]

Noun

don

  1. day

References

Breton

Adjective

don

  1. deep

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish don, which is from Latin dominus (“lord”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdon/
  • Rhymes: -on

Noun

don m anim

  1. (in Italian environment) Originally a title of honour of the Pope, later used for all priests and later for aristocrats.
    don Giovanni
  2. Spanish noble title. [19th c.]
  3. title of respect in front of Spanish given names
    don José
  4. don (maffia boss)
    • 2003, Miroslav Nožina, Mezinárodní organizovaný zločin v České republice, Themis, →ISBN, page 156:
      Roku 1876 mafiánský don Raffaele Palizollo reformoval dosavadní strategii nevměšování se mafie do veřejného života.
      In 1876 mafia don Raffaele Palizollo reformed the previous strategy of mafia not interfering into public affairs.
    • 2012, Hana Pernicová (translator), Kolumbova záhada‎, Ostrava: Domino, translation of original by Steve Berry, →ISBN, page 412:
      Simon se zatvářil stejně jako drogový don před čtyřmi dny.
      Simon had the same expression as the drug mafia don four days ago.

Declension

Further reading

  • "don" in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, Leda, 2015, →ISBN, page 153.
  • "don" in Věra Petráčková, Jiří Kraus et al. Akademický slovník cizích slov. Academia, 1995, ISBN 80-200-0497-1, page 175.
  • don in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • don in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

don

  1. leaf of a plant

French

Etymology

From Latin donum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔ̃/
  • Audio (France)(file)
  • Homophones: dom, dons, dont

Noun

don m (plural dons)

  1. gift, talent, knack
  2. gift (present)
  3. donation

Further reading

Irish

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠənˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ɡənˠ/

Contraction

don

  1. Contraction of do an.
    Thug mé don bhuachaill é. ― I gave it to the boy.
    Tá mé ag dul don Spáinn. ― I'm going to Spain.
Usage notes

This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *do an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.

Etymology 2

From Old Irish don (“misfortune, evil”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d̪ˠɔnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠʌnˠ/

Noun

don

  1. misfortune
Usage notes

Used only in a few stock maledictions such as Do dhon is do dhuais ort!, Don is duais ort!, Mo dhon is mo dhograinn ort! (all basically "bad luck to you!") and Don d’fhiafraí ort! (“Don’t be so inquisitive!”).

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
don dhon ndon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Italian

Etymology

From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from Latin domnus < dominus.

Noun

don m (inv)

  1. Father (a title given to priests)
  2. A title of respect to a man.

Japanese

Romanization

don

  1. Rōmaji transcription of どん
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ドン

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːn/
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Verb

don

  1. To do, perform (an activity)
  2. To complete, finish
  3. To make, create
  4. To put, place, position, raise
  5. To remove, take away
  6. To go or move (in a specified direction)
  7. To behave (in a specified manner
  8. (auxiliary) To cause (an action or state)
  9. (auxiliary) Emphasises the verb that follows it
  10. (auxiliary) Stands in for a verb in a dependent clause

Usage notes

As in modern English, several uses of this verb are highly idiomatic.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

Nigerian Pidgin

Etymology

From English done.

Verb

don

  1. have (perfect aspect auxiliary)
    Wi don chop = "We have eaten"

Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *tonë.

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈton/

Pronoun

don

  1. you (singular)

Inflection

Inflection of don (irregular)
Nominative don
Genitive dū
Nominative don
Genitive dū
Accusative dū
Illative dutnje
Locative dūs
Comitative duinna
Essive dūnin

See also

Personal pronouns
singular dual plural
1st person mun moai mii
2nd person don doai dii
3rd person son soai sii

Further reading

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną (“to do”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to make, do, place”). Cognate with Old Frisian dūa, duā, dwā (West Frisian dwaan), Old Saxon dōn, doan, duan, duon, Old Dutch duon (Dutch doen), Old High German tuon (German tun); and, outside the Germanic languages, with Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi), Latin faciō, Old Irish dorat (Irish déan), Old Church Slavonic дѣти (děti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doːn/

Verb

dōn

  1. to do
  2. to make, cause

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Old Irish

Noun

don ?

  1. misfortune, evil

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dōną. Compare Old English dōn, Old Frisian dwā, dūa, duā, Old Dutch duon, Old High German tuon.

Verb

dōn

  1. to do

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: dôn

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

do + an

Preposition

don

  1. to the (singular)
    Chaidh i don bhùth. - She went to the shop.
  2. for the (singular)

Usage notes

  • Without the definite article and in the plural the form do is used.
  • Lenites words beginning with b, c, f, g, m and p.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

From Late Latin dom (“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus (“master, sir”), from Classical Latin dominus, from domus (“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European *dṓm (“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build”).

Noun

don m (plural dones, feminine doña, feminine plural doñas)

  1. (obsolete) sir, master, lord
  2. A title of respect to a man, prefixed to Christian names

Etymology 2

From Latin donum (“a gift”), from dō (“I give”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₃- (“to give”)

Noun

don m (plural dones)

  1. gift, present
  2. gift, talent, knack
See also

Swedish

Noun

don n

  1. a tool, a means

Declension

Declension of don 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative don donet don donen
Genitive dons donets dons donens

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Old Turkic ton, from Proto-Turkic *tōn.

Noun

don

  1. underpants

Etymology 2

From Old Turkic toŋ, from Proto-Turkic *tong, *doŋ.

Noun

don

  1. frost

Verb

don

  1. singular imperative of donmak
  2. singular negative imperative of donmamak

Antonyms

Zazaki

Noun

don ?

  1. kind of bread
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