loon

See also: Loon and lo-on

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːn/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Etymology 1

From Middle English louen, lowen (“rascal; rogue”), probably of Middle Dutch or Middle Low German origin. Compare Dutch loen (“simpleton”). Folk etymology associates it slang-wise with lunatic; see loony.

Noun

loon (plural loons)

  1. An idler, a lout.
  2. (chiefly Scotland, Ulster) A boy, a lad.
  3. (chiefly Scotland) A harlot; mistress.
  4. (chiefly Scotland) A simpleton.
  5. (slang) A crazy or deranged person.
  6. (Ireland, historical) An English soldier of an expeditionary army in Ireland.
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Etymology 2

Common loon with chick

Of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Old Norse lómr (“loon”). Distantly related to lament.

Noun

loon (plural loons)

  1. (US, Canada) Any of various birds, of the order Gaviiformes, of North America and Europe that dive for fish and have a short tail, webbed feet and a yodeling cry.
Synonyms
  • (bird of order Gaviiformes): diver
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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch loon.

Noun

loon (plural lone)

  1. wage

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -oːn
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Noun

loon n (plural lonen, diminutive loontje n)

  1. wage, pay, reward

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Verb

loon

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lonen
  2. imperative of lonen

Ingrian

Postposition

loon

  1. at

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *lōn, from Proto-Germanic *launaz.

Noun

lôon m, n

  1. wage, payment for services or work
  2. reward
  3. value
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Descendants
  • Dutch: loon
  • Limburgish: loean

Etymology 2

Dative plural of lô.

Noun

lôon ?

  1. Borgloon (a city)
  2. Loon (a county)
Inflection

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Descendants
  • Dutch: Loon, (compounded) Borgloon

Further reading

  • “loon (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “loon (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “loon”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Scots

Noun

loon (plural loons)

  1. (Doric) boy, young man
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