kone

From Old Danish kona, from Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰoːnə]

kone c (singular definite konen, plural indefinite koner)

1. wife (married woman)
2. (dated) woman (frequent in compounds)

From Proto-Finnic *konëh, from Pre-Finnic *konïš, borrowed from Pre-Germanic *gn̥ni̯o- (later Proto-Germanic *kunją (“omen, portent, miracle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognates include Old Norse kyn (“wonder”). The original meaning in Finnish was "magic, magic trick".[1] The development of senses attested in the written language is "means, method" (1725), "tool" (1734), "apparatus, instrument" (1745), "machine" (1770s).[2] Cognate with Karelian koneh (“magic”), konehtie (“to conjure”) and Estonian kõne (“speech”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoneˣ/, [ˈko̞ne̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -one
• Syllabification^(key): ko‧ne

kone

1. machine
2. appliance (apparatus or device, typically powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions)

   kodinkone / kotitalouskone ― household appliance

3. Short for various compound words ending in kone.
   1. Ellipsis of lentokone (“aeroplane”).
   2. Ellipsis of tietokone (“computer”).
   3. Ellipsis of kirjoituskone (“typewriter”).
   4. Ellipsis of pyykinpesukone (“washing machine”).
   5. Ellipsis of astianpesukone (“dishwasher”).
   6. Ellipsis of ompelukone (“sewing machine”).

• masiina (colloquial), rakkine (derogatory)

• “kone”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

• keno, keon, koen

kone

1. beach, shore

From Old Norse kona.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuːne/

kone f or m (definite singular kona or konen, indefinite plural koner, definite plural konene)

1. housewife, mistress of the house
2. wife

• One of the nouns whose feminine form is predominant in formal writing (unlike kvinne).

• hustru

• ekskone

• “kone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse kona.

kone f (definite singular kona, indefinite plural koner, definite plural konene)

1. housewife; mistress of the house
2. wife

• kjerring, hustru

• ekskone

• “kone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

kone

1. son