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Webster 1913 Edition

Fon

(fŏn)

Noun.

[Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel.

fāni

silly,

fāna

to act silly, Sw.

fåne

fool. Cf.

Fond

Adj.

]

A fool; an idiot.

[Obs.]

Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fon

FON

Noun.

A fool; an idiot. Obs.

Definition 2024

fón

See also: fon, Fon, fòn, fōn, főn, -fón, and Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Irish

Noun

fón m ‎(genitive singular fóin, nominative plural fóin)

phone (telephone)

Declension

Declension of fón

First declension

Bare forms:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fón	fóin
Vocative	a fhóin	a fhóna
Genitive	fóin	fón
Dative	fón	fóin

Forms with the definite article:

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fón	na fóin
Genitive	an fhóin	na bhfón
Dative	leis an bhfón don fhón	leis na fóin

Alternative plural: fónanna (Cois Fharraige)

Synonyms

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

fó’n

Contraction

fón

Archaic form of faoin ‎(“about the, under the”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fón	fhón	bhfón
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.