spone

See also: sponě

Italian

Verb

spone

1. third-person singular present indicative of sporre

Anagrams

• penso, pensò

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, form Proto-Germanic *spēnuz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

Alternative forms

• spon, sponne, spoon, spoun, spoune, spun, spune

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspoːn(ə)/

Noun

spone (plural spones)

1. A spoon or scoop; especially a spoon used as a measure.
2. A spoonful; the amount that fits in a spoon
3. A shingle or roof tile.
4. A splinter or wood chip.

Derived terms

• sponeful

Descendants

• English: spoon
• Geordie English: spuin, speun
• Scots: spuin, spin, spon, spone, spun, spune
• Yola: spone

References

• “spọ̄n, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-24.

Etymology 2

Noun

spone

1. Alternative form of spanne

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English spone, from Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spoːn/

Noun

spone

1. spoon

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867