adon
French
Etymology
Deverbal from adonner. Compare don.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dɔ̃/
Audio (Nancy): (file)
Noun
adon m (plural adons)
- (Quebec) lucky chance, lucky coincidence, funny coincidence
- C'est un adon que je vous rencontre, je devais justement vous parler.
- It's a lucky coincidence that I should bump into you, I just needed to talk to you.
- 1916 Louis Hémon, Maria Chapdelaine, J.-A. LeFebvre
- — Bonjour, monsieur Chapdelaine. Bonjour, mademoiselle Maria. C’est un adon que je vous rencontre, puisque votre terre est plus haut le long de la rivière et que moi-même je ne viens pas souvent par icitte.
- — Hello Mr. Chapdelaine. — Hello, ms. Maria. It's a coincidence to meet you, since your land is higher up right along the river, and I don't come here often.
- goodwill, courtesy
- 1945, G. Guèvremont, Le Survenant, page 236:
- Ce qu'elle avait pris pour pur adon ou visites amicales se révélait de la curiosité méchante.
- That which she had taken for pure good will or friendly visits was revealed to be a malicious curiosity.
References
- Pascal Poirier, Le Glossaire acadien, Éditions d'Acadie, 1995
- Hubert Mansion, 101 mots à préserver du français d’Amérique, Les Éditions Michel Brûlé, 2008
Further reading
- “adon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay ادون (adun), from Javanese ꦲꦢꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (adon, “mixture”). Doublet of aduan.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈadon/ [ˈa.dɔn]
- Rhymes: -adon
- Syllabification: a‧don
Verb
adon
- to mix
Derived terms
Further reading
- “adon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Javanese
Romanization
adon
- romanization of ꦲꦢꦺꦴꦤ꧀