“don” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Irish
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
do’n (superseded)
’on (colloquial)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d̪ˠənˠ/
(Galway) IPA(key): /ɡənˠ/
Contraction
don
Contraction of do an.
Usage notes
This contraction is obligatory, i.e. *do an never appears uncontracted. It triggers lenition of a following consonant other than d, s, or t.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Irishdon(“misfortune, evil”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /d̪ˠɔnˠ/
(Ulster) IPA(key): /d̪ˠʌnˠ/
Noun
don
misfortune
Usage notes
Used only in a few stock maledictions such as Do dhon is do dhuais ort!, Don is duais ort!, Mo dhon is mo dhograinn ort! (all basically "bad luck to you!") and Don d’fhiafraí ort!(“Don’t be so inquisitive!”).
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
"don" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “don” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “don” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Italian
Etymology
From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from Latindomnus < dominus.
Noun
donm (inv)
Father (a title given to priests)
a title of respect to a man
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From Englishdon, particularly in the sense of a crime boss.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdan/
Hyphenation: don
Noun
don (plural: don dem, quantified: don)
don, leader, community leader, crime boss, head of a garrison (leader)
Derived terms
don dada
Japanese
Romanization
don
Rōmaji transcription of どん
Rōmaji transcription of ドン
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old Englishdōn, from Proto-West Germanic*dōn, from Proto-Germanic*dōną.
Alternative forms
donne, doyn, do, doon
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /doːn/
Rhymes: -oːn
Verb
don
To do, perform (an activity)
To complete, finish
To make, create
To put, place, position, raise
To remove, take away
To go or move (in a specified direction)
To behave (in a specified manner
(auxiliary) To cause (an action or state)
(auxiliary)Emphasises the verb that follows it
(auxiliary)Stands in for a verb in a dependent clause
Usage notes
As in modern English, several uses of this verb are highly idiomatic.
Conjugation
Derived terms
doer
Descendants
English: do
Northumbrian: dee
Scots: dae
References
“dọ̄n, v.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-12.
Wright, Joseph, and Elizabeth Mary Wright. An Elementary Middle English Grammar, p193. Oxford University Press, 1923.
Etymology 2
From Old Englishdōn on.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɔn/
Verb
don
(Late Middle English) to put on
Conjugation
Descendants
English: don
Yola: don
References
“don, v.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Middle Low German
Etymology
From Old Saxondōn
Verb
dôn
to do
Conjugation
Irregular: present 1sg dô, 2sg deist (dôst, dṏst), 3sg deit (dôt, dṏt), pl. dôn, dôt, dṏt, preterit 1sg dede, 2sg dêdest, 3sg dede, pl. dêden, past participle gedân, dân
Nigerian Pidgin
Etymology
From Englishdone.
Verb
don
have (perfect aspect auxiliary)
Northern Sami
Etymology 1
From Proto-Samic*tonë.
Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈton/
Pronoun
don
you (singular)
Inflection
See also
Further reading
Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
(Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈtoːn/
Determiner
dōn
accusative/genitive singular of dōt
Occitan
Etymology
From Latindōnum.
Pronunciation
Noun
donm (pluraldons)
gift (something given to another voluntarily)
gift (a talent or natural ability)
donation (a voluntary gift or contribution for a specific cause)
Related terms
dar
donar
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*dōn(“to do”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /doːn/
Verb
dōn
to do
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 17:12
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 41:55
c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 3:8
to make, cause
late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 3:3
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 4:19
to put
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:52
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:33
to treat someone (+ dative) a certain way
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 16:19
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Middle English: don, donne, doyn, do, doon
English: do
Northumbrian: dee
Scots: dae
References
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “don”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
From Late Latindom, from domnus(“master, sir”), from Latindominus, from domus(“a house”).
Noun
donm (pluraldones)
(honorific) sir, master; a title prefixed to male given names
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 1r.
Descendants
Spanish: don
→ Catalan: don
→ Czech: don
Etymology 2
From Latindōnum(“a gift”), from dō(“I give”).
Noun
donm (pluraldones)
gift, talent
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 65r.
Descendants
Spanish: don
Etymology 3
Shortening of dont.
Adverb
don
Apocopic form of dont; where
c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 56r.
Descendants
Spanish: do
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
dhan
Etymology
do + an
Preposition
don
to the (singular)
Chaidh i don bhùth. - She went to the shop.
for the (singular)
Usage notes
Without the definite article and in the plural the form do is used.
Lenites words beginning with b, c, f, g, m and p.
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdon/, [ˈd̪õn]
Rhymes: -on
Etymology 1
From Late Latindom(“a courtesy title for monks and abbots”), from domnus(“master, sir”), from Classical Latindominus, from domus(“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European*dṓm(“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European*dem-(“to build”).
a title of respect to a man, prefixed to first names
Derived terms
don nadie
poderoso caballero es don dinero
Related terms
doña
dueño
Descendants
→ Catalan: don
→ Czech: don
Etymology 2
From Latindōnum(“a gift”) (whence Englishdonation), from dō(“to give”), from Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-(“to give”).
Noun
donm (pluraldones)
gift, present
gift, talent, knack
Usage notes
Like with the English word "knack", don can be used to describe a positive gift or talent, or a negative one like a bad habit or a neutral tendency to do something.
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
“don” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Dutchdom.
Adjective
don
stupid
Noun
don
stupidity
Swedish
Etymology
Originally "work done, something accomplished," from the root of dåd(“deed, feat”).
Noun
donn
a tool, a means
Declension
Related terms
fordon
skodon
References
Anagrams
ond
Turkish
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkishطون (don), from Proto-Turkic*tōn.
Noun
don
underpants
jogging pants
pants
shorts
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkishطوڭ (doñ), from Proto-Turkic*doŋ.
From Proto-Philippine*dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*dahun.
Noun
don
leaf (of a plant)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle Englishdon, from Old Englishdōn on.
Verb
don
To put on, as clothes, dress.
References
Jacob Poole (1867), 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