adon

French

Etymology

Deverbal of adonner. Compare don.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.dɔ̃/

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Noun

adon m (plural adons)

1. (Quebec) lucky chance, lucky coincidence, funny coincidence

   C’est un adon que je vous rencontre, je devais justement vous parler.

   It's a lucky coincidence that I should bump into you, I just needed to talk to you.

   • 1916 Louis Hémon, Maria Chapdelaine, J.-A. LeFebvre

     — Bonjour, monsieur Chapdelaine. Bonjour, mademoiselle Maria. C’est un adon que je vous rencontre, puisque votre terre est plus haut le long de la rivière et que moi-même je ne viens pas souvent par icitte.

     — Hello Mr. Chapdelaine. — Hello, ms. Maria. It's a coincidence to meet you, since your land is higher up right along the river, and I don't come here often.

2. goodwill, courtesy
   • 1945, G. Guèvremont, Le Survenant, page 236:

     Ce qu’elle avait pris pour pur adon ou visites amicales se révélait de la curiosité méchante.

     That which she had taken for pure good will or friendly visits was revealed to be a malicious curiosity.

References

• Pascal Poirier, Le Glossaire acadien, Éditions d'Acadie, 1995
• Hubert Mansion, 101 mots à préserver du français d’Amérique, Les Éditions Michel Brûlé, 2008

Further reading

• “adon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay ادون (adun), from Javanese ꦲꦢꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (adon, “mixture”). Doublet of aduan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈadon/ [ˈa.don]
• Rhymes: -adon
• Syllabification: a‧don

Verb

adon

1. to mix

Derived terms

• adonan
• diadon
• mengadon
• pengadon
• pengadonan

Further reading

• “adon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

adon

1. Romanization of ꦲꦢꦺꦴꦤ꧀