japon
See also: Japon, japón, and Japón
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ja‧pon
Adverb
japon
- eye dialect spelling of gihapon
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of japonse rok, in reference to Japan. The word was subsequently influenced by French jupon, which has influenced the Belgian pronunciation.
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /jaːˈpɔn/
- (Belgium) IPA(key): /ʒaːˈpɔn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ja‧pon
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Noun
japon m (plural japonnen, diminutive japonnetje n)
- A gown, a robe, a dress.
- Synonym: jurk
- Haar japon van lichte mousseline, ietwat doorzichtig (dat was toen mode) liet de mannen niet onverschillig.
- Her slightly see-through muslin dress (the fashion of the day) didn’t leave men indifferent.
- De makers hebben in totaal 248 handgemaakte strikken op de japon aangebracht.
- The makers sewed a total of 248 hand-made ribbons onto the dress.
Derived terms
- avondjapon
- huisjapon
- kamerjapon
- nachtjapon
- pon
Descendants
- Afrikaans: japon
- Negerhollands: japoenje, japuen
- → Caribbean Hindustani: yápon
- → Sranan Tongo: yapon
- → Aukan: yapon
- → Caribbean Javanese: yapung
- → Saramaccan: japó
- → West Frisian: japon
French
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
japon m (uncountable)
- japanware
- Japanese porcelain
Further reading
- “japon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Romanian
Etymology
From French japon.
Noun
japon n (uncountable)
- japanware (porcelain or silk)
Declension
declension of japon (singular only)
| singular | ||
|---|---|---|
| n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative | (un) japon | japonul |
| genitive/dative | (unui) japon | japonului |
| vocative | japonule | |