kone

See also: Kone, kõne, and kóneʼ

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /koːnə/, [ˈkʰoːnə]

Noun

kone c (singular definite konen, plural indefinite koner)

  1. wife (married woman)
  2. woman

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Finnish

Etymology

From Pre-Finnic *konïš, borrowed from Pre-Germanic *gn̥ni̯o-, compare Old Norse kyn (“wonder”). The original meaning in Finnish was magic, from which only recently machine. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkoneˣ/
  • Rhymes: -e
  • Hyphenation: ko‧ne

Noun

kone

  1. machine
  2. appliance (apparatus or device, typically powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions)
    kodinkone, kotitalouskone -- household appliance
  3. short for lentokone (“airplane”)

Declension

Inflection of kone (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative kone koneet
genitive koneen koneiden
koneitten
partitive konetta koneita
illative koneeseen koneisiin
koneihin
singular plural
nominative kone koneet
accusative nom. kone koneet
gen. koneen
genitive koneen koneiden
koneitten
partitive konetta koneita
inessive koneessa koneissa
elative koneesta koneista
illative koneeseen koneisiin
koneihin
adessive koneella koneilla
ablative koneelta koneilta
allative koneelle koneille
essive koneena koneina
translative koneeksi koneiksi
instructive — konein
abessive koneetta koneitta
comitative — koneineen

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Hiri Motu

Noun

kone

  1. beach, shore

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse kona

Noun

kone m, f (definite singular kona or konen, indefinite plural koner, definite plural konene)

  1. housewife; mistress of the house
  2. wife

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse kona

Noun

kone f (definite singular kona, indefinite plural koner, definite plural konene)

  1. housewife; mistress of the house
  2. wife

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