"どん" meaning in Japanese

See どん in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [dõ̞ɴ] Forms: don [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} どん • (don)
  1. A sound made by one object hitting another. Thud; bang; thump.
    Sense id: en-どん-ja-noun-0vBw4nIy Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 40 0 46
  2. A word used to indicate the start of a race or competition.
    Sense id: en-どん-ja-noun-qwtdoZBy Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 43 0 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 40 0 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Prefix

IPA: [dõ̞ɴ] Forms: don- [romanization]
Etymology: Strengthened form of ど (do-, “very; super”, intensifying prefix). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|ど|ど-|very; super|pos=intensifying prefix}} ど (do-, “very; super”, intensifying prefix) Head templates: {{ja-pos|prefix}} どん • (don-)
  1. extremely; super Tags: morpheme Derived forms: どんじり (donjiri), どん底 (donzoko) (ruby: (ぞこ)) (english: (the) very bottom), どん詰まり (donzumari) (ruby: ()) (english: (the) very end; dead end), どんじまい (donjimai)
    Sense id: en-どん-ja-prefix-37xk~tun
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Suffix

IPA: [dõ̞ɴ] Forms: -don [romanization]
Etymology: Shift from 殿(どの) (-dono, honorific suffix). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|殿|-どの|pos=honorific suffix}} 殿(どの) (-dono, honorific suffix) Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} どん • (-don)
  1. (Kagoshima, honorific, dialect) Synonym of さん (-san) Tags: Kagoshima, dialectal, honorific, morpheme Synonyms: さん [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-どん-ja-suffix-kAmhyuan Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Kagoshima Japanese, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 28 0 52 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 23 29 0 47 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 22 34 0 44 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 21 32 0 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 40 0 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for どん meaning in Japanese (3.8kB)

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