Fon Definition

fŏn
fons
noun
A member of a people of Benin and neighboring parts of Nigeria.
American Heritage
The Gbe language of the Fon.
American Heritage

(obsolete) A fool or idiot.

Wiktionary

A chieftain or king of a region of Cameroon.

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adjective

(obsolete) Foolish; simple; silly.

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verb

(intransitive, obsolete) To be foolish or simple; act like a fool; dote.

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pronoun

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.

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Origin of Fon

  • From Middle English fon, fonne, of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fÃ¥ne (“a fool, idiot, prat") (compare Swedish fÃ¥nig (“foolish")), Icelandic fáni (“a buoyant, high-flying person", literally “a standard, flag"), from Proto-Germanic *fanô (“cloth, rag"), from Proto-Indo-European *pān- (“fabric"). Cognate with Old English fana (“a banner, standard"). More at vane.

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  • From Middle English fonnen, from fon, fonne (“fool").

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Fon Sentence Examples

  • Rather than adopt a confrontational approach to the local state elite, the Fon opted to sell off the land to Fulani graziers.

  • If anything keeps executives of old-line phone companies up at night, itâs probably telecommunications upstarts like FON.

  • From numerous investigations which have been made to trace the chromosomes through the various stages of the nuclear ontogeny of plant cells, it appears that the individuality and continuity of the chromosomes can only be conceived as possible if we assume the existence of something like chromosome centres in the resting nucleus around which the chromosomes become organized fon purposes of division.

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Words Starting With

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NONFON

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Words Starting With F and Ending With N

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3 Letter Words3 Letter Words Starting With F3 Letter Words Ending With N