føn
See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /føːn/, [føːˀn]
Noun
føn c (singular definite fønen, plural indefinite føner)
- foehn
- blow-dryer, hairdryer (an electrical device used for drying hair)
- blow-dry (an instance of blow-drying)
Inflection
Synonyms
- (foehn): fønvind
- (blow-dryer): føntørrer
- (blow-dry): føntørring
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Föhn (“foehn”), inherited from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, an alteration of Latin favōnius (“west wind”), from Favōnius (“Roman wind god”). Compare Danish føn and Swedish föhn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /føːn/
Synonyms
- (foehn): fønvind
- (blow-dry): føning
Related terms
- føne, ("to blow-dry")
See also
References
- “føn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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