spone

See also: sponě

Italian

Verb

spone

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sporre

Anagrams

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu, from Proto-Germanic *spēnuz. The final vowel is generalized from the Old English inflected forms.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspoːn(ə)/

Noun

spone (plural spones)

  1. A spoon or scoop; especially a spoon used as a measure.
  2. A spoonful; the amount that fits in a spoon
  3. A shingle or roof tile.
  4. A splinter or wood chip.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: spoon
  • Geordie English: spuin, speun
  • Scots: spuin, spin, spon, spone, spun, spune
  • Yola: spone
References

Etymology 2

Noun

spone

  1. (West Midlands) alternative form of spanne

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈspoː.ne/

Noun

spōne

  1. inflection of spōn:
    1. dative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural
    3. accusative singular/plural

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English spone, from Old English spōn, from Proto-West Germanic *spānu.

Pronunciation

Noun

spone

  1. spoon[2]

References

  1. ^ Diarmaid Ó Muirithe (1990) “A Modern Glossary of the Dialect of Forth and Bargy”, in lrish University Review‎[1], volume 20, number 1, Edinburgh University Press, page 160
  2. ^ Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 69
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