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fon

/fɔːn/

fon noun: a fool or idiot.

Noun (1)

fon (plural fons)

  1. (obsolete) A fool or idiot.
    • Delt he not lyke a fon?
      Delt he not lyke a daw?c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 65, lines 128–129

Noun (2)

fon (plural fons)

  1. A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.
    • Province-wide, the latter part of the 1990s witnessed considerable efforts by the regime to organize and activate a bloc of such financially dependent fons in the North West Elite Association (NWELA), […]2008, Milton Krieger, Cameroon's Social Democratic Front, →ISBN, page 71
    • In the early 1900s, the Bafut fought several wars with the German colonizers and their allies, ending in 1907 with the exile of the fon of that time.2010, Historical Dictionary of the Republic of Cameroon, →ISBN, page 53

Proper noun capitalized: Fon

Fon

  1. A language of Benin and Togo, specifically, in the southern regions corresponding to the former kingdom of Dahomey. Also known as Fongbe or Fɔngbe, it is part of the Gbe family of West African languages.

Forms of fon

pluralfons

Plural of fon: fons

Origin of fon

From Middle English fonne (noun). More at fun.

Words formed from fon

Questions about fon

What does fon mean?
Fon means a fool or idiot.
What part of speech is fon?
Fon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce fon?
Fon is pronounced /fɔːn/.
What is the plural of fon?
The plural of fon is fons.

Words near fon in the dictionary

  1. Fomor
  2. Fomorian
  3. Fomorians
  4. Fomors
  5. FOMOs
  6. fon
  7. Fonadhoo
  8. Fonagaadhoo
  9. Fonblanque
  10. foncused
  11. fond

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