dont
See also: don't and dönt
English
Contraction
dont
- Misspelling of don't.
- Obsolete spelling of don't
- Dont Tread on Me
Breton
Alternative forms
- doned
Etymology
A suppletive verb. The verbal noun is from Middle Breton donet (influenced by monet (“to go”)), from Old Breton diminet. Cognate with Welsh dyfod, dod, and Cornish dos, dones; from Old Breton di, do + monet (“to go”). The other forms are from Proto-Celtic *toageti, itself also a suppletive verb (stemming from *ageti (“to drive”) and *pelh₂-). See also Old Irish do·aig (“to drive off”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ̃nt/
Verb
dont
- (intransitive) to come
Inflection
Mutation of dont
Breton consonant mutation | |||||
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unmutated | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed | |
dont | zont | unchanged | tont | tont |
Conjugation
Conjugation of dont
Personal forms | |||||||
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Indicative | Conditional | Imperative | |||||
Present | Imperfect | Preterite | Future | Present | Imperfect | ||
1s | deuan | deuen | deuis | deuin | deufen | deujen | - |
2s | deuez | deues | deujout | deui | deufes | deujes | deu |
3s | deu | deue | deuas | deuo | deufe | deuje | deuet |
1p | deuomp | deuemp | deujomp | deuimp | deufemp | deujemp | deuomp |
2p | deuit | deuec'h | deujoc'h | deuot | deufec'h | deujec'h | deuit |
3p | deuont | deuent | deujont | deuint | deufent | deujent | deuent |
0 | deuer | deued | deujod | deuor | deufed | deujed | - |
Impersonal forms | Mutated forms | ||||||
Infinitive | dont, donet | Soft mutation after a | a zeu- | ||||
Present participle | o tont | Mixed mutation after e | e teu- | ||||
Past participle | deuet (auxiliary verb: bezañ) | Soft mutation after ne/na | ne/na zeu- |
Derived terms
- a zeu
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdʌnˀd/
Noun
dont
- a (piece of) work, a deed
French
Etymology
From Middle French dont, from Old French dunt, from Vulgar Latin/Latin dē unde (“from where”)[1]. Compare Spanish donde (“where”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɔ̃/, (in liaison) /dɔ̃.t‿/
Audio (France) (file) - Homophones: dom, don, dons
- Rhymes: -ɔ̃
Pronoun
dont m or f
- of/from whom/which, whose
- Vous rappelez-vous ce dont je vous ai parlé ?
- Do you remember that of which we spoke?
- Il n’est rien dont je sois encore certain.
- There is nothing of which I am still certain.
- Quel est le pays dont provient cette marchandise suspecte ?
- What is the country from which the suspicious merchandise comes?
- J’ai décidé d’abandonner l’affaire dont je vous ai entretenu il y a quelques jours.
- I decided to abandon the matter of which we have been speaking for a few days.
- La maladie dont il est mort porte un nom imprononçable.
- The disease of which he died has an unpronounceable name.
- Les pays dont nous n’avons point de connaissance sont les destinations privilégiées des grands aventuriers.
- The countries of which we have little knowledge are the privileged destinations of great adventurers.
- Ces étoiles — dont le nom m’échappe — sont les plus brillantes de la voûte céleste.
- These stars, whose names escape me, are the brightest in the skies.
- Le Québec est une province du Canada dont les frontières correspondent au territoire de la nation québécoise.
- Quebec is a province of Canada whose borders correspond to the Quebecois nation.
- (sometimes) by which
- Le coup dont il fut frappé.
- The blow by which he was struck.
- Denotes a part of a set, may be translated as "including" or such as in some situations.
- Il a eu dix enfants, dont neuf filles.
- He had ten children, nine of them girls.
Synonyms
- (of which): de qui, de quoi, duquel m, de laquelle f, desquels m pl, desquelles f pl
Derived terms
- dont acte
- dont appel
- dont auquel
References
- Dauzat, Albert; Jean Dubois, Henri Mitterand (1964) Nouveau dictionnaire étymologique (in French), Paris: Librairie Larousse
Further reading
- “dont”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- tond
Middle English
Noun
dont
- Alternative form of dint
Middle French
Alternative forms
- dant
Pronoun
dont
- of whom; of which
Descendants
- French: dont
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Preposition
dont
- including, such as
- 2019 October 31, “Los Estats Units an reconegut lo genodici armèni”, in Jornalet:
- A l'ora d'ara, son de desenas d’estats qu’an reconegut lo genocidi armèni, dont l’estat francés.
- Currently, there are dozens of states that have recognized the Armenian genocide, including the French state.
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