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4-letter words (1 found)

DONG,

3-letter words (6 found)

DOG,DON,GOD,GON,NOD,NOG,

2-letter words (5 found)

DO,GO,NO,OD,ON,

You can make 12 words from dong according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dong

dong odng dnog ndog ondg nodg dogn odgn dgon gdon ogdn godn dngo ndgo dgno gdno ngdo gndo ongd nogd ognd gond ngod gnod

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Definitions and meaning of dong

dong

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɒŋ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɔŋ/
    • (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /dɑŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ɒŋ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duŋ, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅／铜 (tóng, “copper”).

Alternative forms

  • đồng (uncommon)

Noun

dong (plural dong or dongs)

  1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
  2. (historical) The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from The Dong with a Luminous Nose, an 1894 poem by Edward Lear about a mythical creature. Attested since the 1930s.

Noun

dong (plural dongs)

  1. (slang) The penis.
  2. (slang, by extension) A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
Synonyms
  • (penis): See Thesaurus:penis.
Derived terms
  • double dong
Related terms
  • ding-dong
Translations

Etymology 3

Onomatopoeic

Noun

dong (plural dongs)

  1. A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
Translations

Verb

dong (third-person singular simple present dongs, present participle donging, simple past and past participle donged)

  1. To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.

Etymology 4

Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”)

Noun

dong (plural dongs)

  1. A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.

See also

  • dai pai dong (etymologically unrelated)
  • dong quai (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

  • Gond

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Syncope of dorang.

Pronoun

dong

  1. they

References

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɔŋ/
  • Hyphenation: dong
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch *dong, from Old Dutch *dunga, from Proto-Germanic *dungō. Cognate to English dung.

Noun

dong m (uncountable)

  1. (dated, dialectal, Northern) dung, manure
    Synonym: mest
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: doeng

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng.

Noun

dong m (plural dongs)

  1. dong, the currency of Vietnam

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dong

  1. singular past indicative of dingen

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdoŋɡ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋɡ
  • Homophone: đồng

Etymology 1

From an onomatopoeia + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix).

Verb

dong

  1. (intransitive, of an insect) to buzz, bumble, drone
  2. (intransitive, of a large hollow object) to boom, rumble, thunder (to make a dull, low-pitched, reverberating sound when hit)
Conjugation

or

Derived terms

(With verbal prefixes):

Etymology 2

See đồng.

Noun

dong

  1. Nonstandard form of đồng (“dong”, the currency of Vietnam; usually used by thousands or higher denominations).
Declension

References

Further reading

  • dong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • dong in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɔŋ/
  • Hyphenation: dong
  • Rhymes: -dɔŋ, -ɔŋ, -ŋ

Etymology 1

From Betawi [Term?], from Dutch dong, dingen (“to solicit”), from Middle Dutch dingen (“to convene, to plead”), from Old Dutch *thingon, from Proto-Germanic *þingōną.

Adverb

dong

  1. (colloquial) please: used to make a polite request
    Harga Bensin Pertalite Jangan Naik Dong. ― Please, don't raise the Pertalite Petrol Price.
  2. (colloquial) indicates a strong command
  3. (colloquial) indicates discord between words and actions

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duŋ, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅／铜 (tóng, “copper”).

Noun

dong (first-person possessive dongku, second-person possessive dongmu, third-person possessive dongnya)

  1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫

Further reading

  • “dong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Derived from English down.

Adverb

dong

  1. down

Further reading

  • dong at majstro.com

Mandarin

Romanization

dong

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dōng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dǒng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dòng.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Middle English

Noun

dong

  1. Alternative form of donge (“dung”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Shortened form of kordong, itself possibly a mishearing of kondom

Noun

dong m (definite singular dongen, indefinite plural donger, definite plural dongene)

  1. (slang) condom

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: dong

Noun

dong m (plural dongs)

  1. dong (currency of Vietnam)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dong.

Noun

dong m (plural dongi)

  1. dong (currency)

Declension

References

  • dong in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Noun

dong m (plural dongs)

  1. dong (currency)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zawŋ͡m˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [jawŋ͡m˧˧] ~ [jɔŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jawŋ͡m˧˧]

Etymology 1

Verb

dong • (𢫝)

  1. to drive; to escort

Etymology 2

Attested as deaong in the Flora Cochinchinensis (1790, "Flora of Cochinchina").

Noun

(classifier cây) dong • (容)

  1. Phrynium placentarium

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doŋ˧/

Verb

dong

  1. (transitive) to solicit

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doŋ˧/

Verb

dong

  1. (transitive) to intercept

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doŋ˧˥/

Verb

dóng

  1. (transitive) to hinder

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /doŋ˧˩/

Verb

dòng

  1. (intransitive) to ask

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

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