japon

• Hyphenation: ja‧pon

japon

1. eye dialect spelling of gihapon

Clipping of japonse rok, in reference to Japan. The word was subsequently influenced by French jupon, which has influenced the Belgian pronunciation.

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /jaːˈpɔn/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ʒaːˈpɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ja‧pon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

japon m (plural japonnen, diminutive japonnetje n)

1. 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.

• avondjapon
• huisjapon
• kamerjapon
• nachtjapon
• pon

• Afrikaans: japon
• Negerhollands: japoenje, japuen
• → Caribbean Hindustani: yápon
• → Sranan Tongo: yapon
  • → Aukan: yapon
  • → Caribbean Javanese: yapung
  • → Saramaccan: japó
• → West Frisian: japon

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japon m (uncountable)

1. japanware
2. Japanese porcelain

• “japon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French japon.

japon n (uncountable)

1. japanware (porcelain or silk)