vont

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vonte, from Old French fonte, from Latin fons (“source; baptismal font”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔnt/

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• Hyphenation: vont
• Rhymes: -ɔnt

Noun

vont f or n (plural vonten)

1. (Christianity) baptismal font

   Synonym: doopvont

Usage notes

Now a less common and more specialist term than doopvont.

Derived terms

• doopvont
• vonthuis

French

Etymology

From an assumed Vulgar Latin *vaunt, from Latin vadunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ̃/, (in liaison) /vɔ̃.t‿/

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Verb

vont

1. third-person plural present indicative of aller
2. third-person plural present indicative of vader

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvont]
• Hyphenation: vont

Etymology 1

von (“to pull, to draw”) +‎ -t

Verb

vont

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of von

Participle

vont

1. past participle of von

Etymology 2

von (“won [currency]”) +‎ -t (accusative suffix)

Noun

vont

1. accusative singular of von

Old French

Alternative forms

• vunt (Anglo-Norman)

Verb

vont

1. third-person plural present indicative of aler