"-on" meaning in French

See -on in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ɔ̃/
Etymology: Inherited from Old French -on, a blending of Latin -ōnem (accusative singular of -ō, masculine appellative suffix), Frankish *-on (accusative of *-ō, ending of masculine weak declension nouns), Frankish *-in (diminutive suffix), and *-ing (diminutive suffix for animals, via -enc, -enz). Some also descend from the Celtic singulative *-onos, such as mouton. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|-on|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French -on, {{inh+|fr|fro|-on}} Inherited from Old French -on, {{inh|fr|la|-ōnem}} Latin -ōnem, {{m|la|-ō}} -ō, {{der|fr|frk||*-on}} Frankish *-on, {{m|gmw-pro||*-ō}} *-ō, {{der|fr|frk|*-in|pos=diminutive suffix}} Frankish *-in (diminutive suffix), {{m|gmw-pro|*-ing}} *-ing, {{m|fro|-enc}} -enc, {{m|fro|-enz}} -enz, {{m|cel-pro||*-onos}} *-onos, {{m|fr|mouton}} mouton Head templates: {{head|fr|suffix|||||g=|g2=|head=|sort=}} -on, {{fr-suffix}} -on
  1. Forming diminutives of things, including some animals. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--on-fr-suffix-2d8S8ojC Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 28 24
  2. Forming augmentatives of things. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--on-fr-suffix-PkePsOER Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 28 24
  3. Indicating origin or occupation. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--on-fr-suffix-zDKGyhwR Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 28 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

IPA: /ɔ̃/
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ον (-on), neuter of -ος (-os), masculine adjective ending. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|fr|grc|-ον|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Ancient Greek -ον (-on), {{bor+|fr|grc|-ον}} Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ον (-on), {{m|grc|-ος}} -ος (-os) Head templates: {{head|fr|suffix|||||g=|g2=|head=|sort=}} -on, {{fr-suffix}} -on
  1. (physics and biology) -on Tags: morpheme Categories (topical): Biology, Physics Derived forms: buisson, brocheton, chanson, housson, ourson, ponton, raton, saucisson
    Sense id: en--on-fr-suffix-gs7LPn8j Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 25 28 24 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Download JSON data for -on meaning in French (5.8kB)

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