You can make 6 words from don according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of don
don odn dno ndo ond nod
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Definitions and meaning of don
don
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɒn/
(General American) IPA(key): /dɑn/
Homophones: Don, dawn(with cot-caught merger)
Rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology 1
From Latindominus(“lord, head of household”), akin to Italiandon, Siciliandon, Spanishdon; from domus(“house”). Doublet of dom, domine, dominie, anddominus.
Noun
don (pluraldons)
A university professor, particularly one at Oxford or Cambridge.
An employee of a university residence who lives among the student residents.
A mafia boss.
A (usually Spanish or Italian) title of respect to a man, especially a lord or nobleman.
Coordinate term:donna
(MLE) Any man, bloke, dude.
Derived terms
donnish
donny(“bloke”)
Related terms
donzel
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishdon(“to put on”), from Old Englishdōn on. Compare also doff, dup, dout.
Verb
don (third-person singular simple presentdons, present participledonning, simple past and past participledonned)
(transitive) To put on clothing; to dress (oneself) in an article of personal attire.
Synonyms:put on, clothe, dight, enrobe; see also Thesaurus:clothe
Antonym:doff
Derived terms
donner
Translations
See also
put on
wear
See also
ram-don(etymologically unrelated)
Anagrams
NOD, ODN, nod
Albanian
Alternative forms
do(Standard Albanian)
Etymology
Gheg variant of Standard Albanian do(“(it) wants, needs, loves, likes”) and do(“you want, need, love, like”).
Verb
don (aoristdashta, participledashtë)(Gheg forms)
you want, need
A don me shkue?(Gheg) ― Do you want to go?
you like
Rita e don Gjergjin.(Gheg) ― Rita likes/wants George.
you love
it wants, needs
it likes
it loves
Conjugation
Standard Albanian conjugation:
Related terms
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Turkic*tōn. Cognate with Chuvashтум(tum).
Noun
don (definite accusativedonu, pluraldonlar)
dress (worn by women)
Synonym:paltar
gown (loose, flowing upper garment)
(figurative) raiment, attire, garb, habiliments
appearance, look (of a person)
Declension
Derived terms
donatmaq(“adorn”)(dialectal)
donanmaq
donlu
Related terms
donanma(“fleet; navy”)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Turkic*doŋ(“frozen; frost”). See Bashkirтуң(tuñ) for more cognates.
Adjective
don (comparativedaha don, superlativeən don)
frozen, congealed
Noun
don (definite accusativedonu, pluraldonlar)
frost
ice-covered ground, black ice
Derived terms
donmaq
dondurmaq
dondurma(“ice-cream”)
Further reading
“don” in Obastan.com.
Bambara
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [dõ˦õ˨]
Noun
don
day
Etymology 2
Verb
don (tonedòn)
(intransitive) to enter
(transitive) to put (something into something)
to put on, wear (of clothing)
Derived terms
donda
Etymology 3
Predicative
don (tonedòn)
marks the predicate
References
2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.
Breton
Etymology
From Proto-Brythonic*duβn, from Proto-Celtic*dubnos, from Proto-Indo-European*dʰubʰnós.
Adjective
don
deep
Casiguran Dumagat Agta
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine*dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*dahun.
Noun
dön
leaf (of a plant)
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanishdon, which is from Latindominus(“lord”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈdon]
Rhymes: -on
Noun
donm anim
(in Italian environment)(Originally a title of honour of the Pope, later used for all priests and later for aristocrats)
don Giovanni ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
(Spanish noble title)[19th c.]
(title of respect in front of Spanish given names)
don José ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
don(maffia boss)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
Rejzek, Jiří (2015) “don”, in Český etymologický slovník [Czech Etymological Dictionary] (in Czech), 3rd (revised and expanded) edition, Praha: LEDA, →ISBN, page 153
"don" in Věra Petráčková, Jiří Kraus et al. Akademický slovník cizích slov. Academia, 1995, ISBN 80-200-0497-1, page 175.
don in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
don in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Anagrams
dno
Dupaningan Agta
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine*dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*dahun.
Noun
don
leaf (of a plant)
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old Frenchdon, from Latindōnum.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɔ̃/
Homophones: dom, dons, dont
Noun
donm (pluraldons)
gift, talent, knack
gift (present)
donation
Derived terms
don de sang
don du ciel
Derived terms
faire don
Further reading
“don”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Etymology
From Late Latindomnus, from Latindominus(“lord”). Cognates include Spanishdon.
“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.
Thug mé don bhuachaill é. ― I gave it to the boy.
Tá mé ag dul don Spáinn. ― I'm going to Spain.
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
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “don”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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
Alternative forms
dom(archaic)
Etymology
From a shortening of an earlier donno, from dom'no (used by Dante), from Latindomnus < dominus. Compare Siciliandon.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdɔn/
Rhymes: -ɔn
Hyphenation: dòn
Noun
donm (invariable)
Father (a title given to priests)
a title of respect to a man
Descendants
→ French: dom
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
From Englishdon, particularly in the sense of a crime boss.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdan/
Hyphenation: don
Noun
don (pluraldon dem, quantifieddon)
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
Geordie English: de, dee, div
Scots: dae, dee
Yola: doone, deen
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)
Wi don chop. ― We have eaten.
Northern Kurdish
Alternative forms
dihn, dohin, dohn, duhn, dwîn
Etymology
From Arabicدُهْن(duhn). But compare Turkishdonyağı, don yağı(“tallow”), which is said to be from the root of donmak(“to freeze”).
Noun
donm
(melted) fat, grease
Synonym:bez
Bîne nanê genimî, duhn bide, bêxe leşê min, ezê sax bim. ― Bring wheat bread, spread it with fat, put it on my body and I shall be cured [i.e., come to life again].
References
Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “don”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume I, London: Transnational Press, page 201b
Gülensoy, Tuncer (1994) “don”, in Kürtçenin Etimolojik Sözlüğü [Etymological Dictionary of Kurdish][3] (in Turkish), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu Basımevi, page 65
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
Alternative forms
doan — Anglian
doa — Mercian, Northumbrian
doæ, doe — Northumbrian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic*dōn(“to do”). The exact development of past tense forms dyde, dydest, and dydon is unexplained, for such forms have -y- instead of expected *-e- (*dede, *dedest, *dedon) from Proto-Germanic past stem *ded-/*dēd-.
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
c. 992, Ælfric, "Sermon on the Beginning of Creation"
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 3:8
to make, cause
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Passion of St. Bartholomew the Apostle"
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 3:3
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 4:19
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 42:36
c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Andrew the Apostle"
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Memory of the Saints"
to put
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Mark 7:33
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Matthew 26:52
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Genesis 9:23
to add
to take off, remove
late 10th century, Ælfric, the Old English Hexateuch, Exodus 3:5
to treat someone (+ dative) a certain way
c. 973, Æthelwold, translation of the Rule of Saint Benedict
late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
c. 990, Wessex Gospels, Luke 16:19
to give (+dative)
late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
Middle English: don, donne, doyn, do, doon
English: do
Geordie English: de, dee, div
Scots: dae, dee
Yola: doone, deen
References
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “don”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old French
Alternative forms
dun
Etymology
From Latindonum.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dun/
Noun
donoblique singular, m (oblique pluraldons, nominative singulardons, nominative pluraldon)
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
Descendants
Spanish: don (see there for further descendants)
Etymology 2
From Latindōnum(“a gift”), from dō(“I give”).
Noun
donm (pluraldones)
gift, talent
Descendants
Spanish: don
Etymology 3
Shortening of dont.
Adverb
don
Apocopic form of dont; where
Descendants
Spanish: do
Scottish Gaelic
Alternative forms
dhan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /t̪ɔn̪ˠ/
Hyphenation: don
Preposition
don (+ dative)
(higher register)Contraction of do an.
Chaidh i don bhùth. ― She went to the shop.
Usage notes
Like the bare article an, don triggers lenition if the following noun begins with f, c and g.
In the modern language this form is considered to be high register, with dhan being generally more common.
References
Colin Mark (2003) “do”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 235
Sicilian
Alternative forms
ron
Etymology
From a shortening of an earlier donnu(“master, sir”), from Latindomnus < dominus, from domus(“a house”), from Proto-Indo-European*dṓm(“a house”), from root Proto-Indo-European*dem-(“to build”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɔn/(Standard)
IPA(key): /ɾɔn/(Rhotacized)
Rhymes: -on
Hyphenation: don
Noun
donm (inv)
(obsolete) sir, master, lord
(obsolete) social honorary title referred to men possessing patrimonial assets
a title of respect to a man, especially older, prefixed to first names
Coordinate terms
(gender):donna
(age):carusu
Related terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈdon/[ˈd̪õn]
Rhymes: -on
Syllabification: don
Etymology 1
Inherited 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
Related terms
Descendants
→ Catalan: don
→ Czech: don
→ Tagalog: 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
Borrowed from Low Germandon(“"doing," work, thing”), from Low German don(“do”), which is cognate with Englishdo, Germantun.
Noun
donn
a tool, an implement
Synonym:(colloquial)doning
Declension
Derived terms
don efter person
dona
fordon
gripdon
skodon
åkdon
References
don in Svensk ordbok (SO)
don in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
don in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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*toŋ. Cognate with Chuvashтӑм(tăm), also related to Chinese凍/冻(dòng).
Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[7], Pacific linguistics
Yogad
Etymology
From Proto-Philippine*dahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*dahun.
Noun
don
leaf (of a plant)
Yola
Etymology
From Middle Englishdon, from Old Englishdōn on.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /dɔn/
Verb
don
To put on, as clothes, dress.
Synonyms:deen, dieeght
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, page 36