Luxembourgish

Noun

Jong m ‎(plural Jongen)

1. son

   Fir säi Gebuertsdag hu mir eisem Jong e Vëlo geschenkt.

   We have given our son a bicycle for his birthday.

2. boy, lad

Related terms

• jong
• jonk

English

Alternative forms

• dzong

Noun

jong ‎(plural jongs)

1. A Tibetan building which makes up a prefecture; typically a monastery or fortress.
   • 1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Tauris Parke 2011, p. 211:

     When they had gone I went for a solitary ride, rounding the Jong and striking out into the country through a subsidiary village.

   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 451:

     However, the Tibetans refused to negotiate – except on the British side of the frontier – and withdrew into their fortress, or jong.

   • 2011, Peter Harrison, Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas, Osprey 2011, p. 14:

     The origin of the Tibetan dzong is not known although there is evidence of Chinese and Mongol influences in the style of their military architecture.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jongen.

Noun

jong ‎(plural jongens)

1. A male servant.
2. (rare) A boy.

Synonyms

• (boy): seun

Related terms

• jonk

Adjective

jong

1. attributive form of jonk

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jonc, junc, from Old Dutch jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁en-. Compare West Frisian jong, German jung, English young, Danish ung.

Adjective

jong ‎(comparative jonger, superlative jongst)

1. young
2. new

Inflection

Antonyms

• oud

Noun

jong n ‎(plural jongen)

1. A young: a young being, especially an animal.

See also

• jongen

Verb

jong

1. first-person singular present indicative of jongen
2. imperative of jongen

Limburgish

Adjective

jong

1. young

Antonyms

• aajd

Noun

jong m ‎(plural jonges)

1. boy, young guy
2. (colloquial, Maastrichtian) a colloquial term of address for a man, along the lines of e.g. mate

   Wie geit 't mèt diech jong? - How are you doing mate?

3. A young: a young being, especially an animal.

Related terms

• jungske (diminutive)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /joŋ/
• Rhymes: -oŋ

Adjective

jong ‎(masculine jongen, neuter jongt, comparative méi jong, superlative am jéngsten)

1. (regional, dated) Alternative form of jonk

Declension

Related terms

• Jong
• Jongfra

Malay

Noun

jong

1. junk (a Chinese ship)