vont
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vonte, from Old French fonte, from Latin fons (“source; baptismal font”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔnt/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: vont
- Rhymes: -ɔnt
Noun
vont f or n (plural vonten)
- (Christianity) baptismal font
- Synonym: doopvont
Usage notes
Now a less common and more specialist term than doopvont.
Derived terms
- doopvont
- vonthuis
French
Etymology
From an assumed Vulgar Latin *vaunt, from Latin vadunt.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔ̃/, (in liaison) /vɔ̃.t‿/
Audio (Paris): (file) Audio: (file)
Verb
vont
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvont]
- Hyphenation: vont
Etymology 1
von (“to pull, to draw”) + -t
Verb
vont
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of von
Participle
vont
- past participle of von
Etymology 2
von (“won [currency]”) + -t (accusative suffix)
Noun
vont
- accusative singular of von
Old French
Alternative forms
- vunt (Anglo-Norman)
Verb
vont
- third-person plural present indicative of aler