fong
See also: Fong
English
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Noun
fong
- (Ireland, slang) a kick
- 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Scribner-Simon & Schuster, New York: 1996, p 147.
- 'Get away from my door or I'll come out and give every one o' ye a good fong in the hole of yeer arse.'
- 1996, Frank McCourt, Angela's Ashes, Scribner-Simon & Schuster, New York: 1996, p 147.
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin fungus, or possibly a calque of Spanish hongo.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfoŋk/
- (Central) IPA(key): /ˈfoŋ/
- Homophone: fonc
Noun
fong m (plural fongs)
- fungus
- mushroom
- Synonym: bolet
Related terms
- fúngic
Further reading
- “fong” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fongs”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “fong” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fong” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Kosraean
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *boŋi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bəʀŋi, from Proto-Austronesian *bəʀŋi. Compare Pohnpeian pwohng, Marshallese boñ, Fijian pogi, Rotuman pogi and Hawaiian pō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /foŋ/
Noun
fong
- night
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English thong, thwong, from Old English þwang, from Proto-West Germanic *þwangi, from Proto-Germanic *þwangiz.
Noun
fong
- A thin strip of raw hide used by saddlers in sewing.
References
- Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 136