gon

See also: gôn, goñ, gọn, goŋ, gon-, -gon, gon', and Goń

Translingual

Symbol

gon

the ISO symbol for gradian

English

Etymology 1

Compare Middle English gon, dialectal gan, Dutch gaan.

Contraction

gon

(US, dialectal) Alternative form of gonna

I’m gon be there around four.

Etymology 2

From γωνία (gōnía, “angle”)

Noun

gon (plural gons)

(geometry, trigonometry) One hundredth of a right angle; a gradian.

Translations

gradian

Finnish: gooni (fi)

Etymology 3

Clipping.

Noun

gon (plural gons)

(rail transport) Abbreviation of gondola car.

Anagrams

NGO, Ngo, nog

Breton

Noun

gon

Soft mutation of kon.

Japanese

Romanization

gon

Rōmaji transcription of ごん

Middle English

Alternative forms

goo

Etymology

From Old English gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną, compare German gehen. Past tense supplied by Old English wendan, from Proto-Germanic *wandijaną.

Verb

gon

to go

Conjugation

Conjugation of gon

present	singular	plural
1st person	go	goþ, gon
2nd person	gast	goþ, gon
3rd person	gaþ	goþ, gon
subjunctive	go	gon
participle	present	past
	goende, goinge	(y)gon, (y)gongen
simple past	singular	plural
1st person	wende	wenden
2nd person	wendest	wenden
3rd person	wende	wenden
subjunctive	wende	wenden
imperative	singular	plural
	go	goþ, gon

Descendants

English: to go
Scots: gan

Scottish Gaelic

Verb

gon (past ghon, future gonaidh, verbal noun gonadh, past participle gonte)

hurt, prick, wound

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from English gun.

Noun

gon

gun

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