fón

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːn]
• Hyphenation: fón
• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

fón m inan

1. phon (unit of apparent loudness)
2. phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

Declension

Declension of fón (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fón	fóny
genitive	fónu	fónů
dative	fónu	fónům
accusative	fón	fóny
vocative	fóne	fóny
locative	fónu	fónech
instrumental	fónem	fóny

Related terms

• eufonický
• eufonie
• fonetický
• fonetička
• fonetik
• fonetika
• foném
• foniatr
• foniatrický
• foniatrie
• fonograf
• fonolog
• fonologický
• fonologie
• fonoložka
• gramofon
• kakofonický
• kakofonie
• megafon
• mikrofon
• symfonický
• symfonie
• telefon
• telefonát
• telefonický
• telefonie
• telefonista
• telefonistka
• telefonovat

 

Further reading

• “fón”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fón”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fón”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Hungarian

Etymology

Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːn]
• Rhymes: -oːn

Noun

fón (plural fónok)

1. phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

   Synonym: hangszegmentum

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	fón	fónok
accusative	fónt	fónokat
dative	fónnak	fónoknak
instrumental	fónnal	fónokkal
causal-final	fónért	fónokért
translative	fónná	fónokká
terminative	fónig	fónokig
essive-formal	fónként	fónokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fónban	fónokban
superessive	fónon	fónokon
adessive	fónnál	fónoknál
illative	fónba	fónokba
sublative	fónra	fónokra
allative	fónhoz	fónokhoz
elative	fónból	fónokból
delative	fónról	fónokról
ablative	fóntól	fónoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	fóné	fónoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	fónéi	fónokéi

Possessive forms of fón
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fónom	fónjaim
2nd person sing.	fónod	fónjaid
3rd person sing.	fónja	fónjai
1st person plural	fónunk	fónjaink
2nd person plural	fónotok	fónjaitok
3rd person plural	fónjuk	fónjaik

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fˠoːnˠ/

Etymology 1

Clipping of teileafón and/or borrowing from English phone.

Noun

fón m (genitive singular fóin, nominative plural fóin)

1. phone (telephone)

   Synonyms: guthán, teileafón

Declension

Declension of fón (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fón fóin vocative a fhóin a fhóna genitive fóin fón dative fón fóin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fón na fóin genitive an fhóin na bhfón dative leis an bhfón don fhón leis na fóin

• Alternative plural: fónanna (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• fó’n

Contraction

fón

1. Archaic form of faoin (“about the, under the”).

Mutation

Mutated forms of fón

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fón	fhón	bhfón

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fón

1. Superseded spelling of fòn (“phone”).

Mutation

Mutation of fón

radical	lenition
fón	fhón

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.