gardon

See also: Gardon and Gardoń

English

Gardon (cyprinoid)

Etymology

French

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)dən

Noun

gardon (plural gardons)

1. A European cyprinoid fish; the ide.

References

• “gardon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Gradon, Gondar, Dragon, Dagorn, Dorgan, Argnod, drag on, Gordan, dragon

French

Etymology

Probably derived from the verb garder (“to keep, monitor, guard”), referring to the tendency of the fish to return to places from which it was chased, or its bright red eyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʁ.dɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

gardon m (plural gardons)

1. roach (freshwater fish)

Derived terms

• frais comme un gardon
• gardon rouge

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• dragon, Dragon
• gronda

Hungarian

gardon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒrdon]
• Hyphenation: gar‧don
• Rhymes: -on

Noun

gardon (plural gardonok)

1. (music) A folk musical instrument played primarily in Transylvania. It is similar in appearance to a cello, but it is played percussively like a drum. Instead of being played with a bow, its strings are plucked and beaten with a stick.

   Synonym: ütőgardon

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	gardon	gardonok
accusative	gardont	gardonokat
dative	gardonnak	gardonoknak
instrumental	gardonnal	gardonokkal
causal-final	gardonért	gardonokért
translative	gardonná	gardonokká
terminative	gardonig	gardonokig
essive-formal	gardonként	gardonokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	gardonban	gardonokban
superessive	gardonon	gardonokon
adessive	gardonnál	gardonoknál
illative	gardonba	gardonokba
sublative	gardonra	gardonokra
allative	gardonhoz	gardonokhoz
elative	gardonból	gardonokból
delative	gardonról	gardonokról
ablative	gardontól	gardonoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	gardoné	gardonoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	gardonéi	gardonokéi

Possessive forms of gardon

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	gardonom	gardonjaim
2nd person sing.	gardonod	gardonjaid
3rd person sing.	gardonja	gardonjai
1st person plural	gardonunk	gardonjaink
2nd person plural	gardonotok	gardonjaitok
3rd person plural	gardonjuk	gardonjaik

Further reading

• gardon in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).