-on

From -on in electron, reinforced by Ancient Greek neuter nouns and adjectives ending in -ον (-on).

• IPA^(key): /-ɒn/

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-on

2. (physics, mathematics) Forming nouns denoting subatomic particles and quanta.

   Coordinate term: -ino

   photon, proton

Back-formation from carbon, first applied to boron and then to silicon.

• IPA^(key): /-ɒn/, /-ən/; some words allow both pronunciations while others require one or the other.

-on

2. (chemistry) Forming names of noble gases and certain nonmetal elements.

   boron, silicon

-on

2.  (biology, genetics) Forming names of things considered as basic or fundamental units.

   codon, recon

From the combining form of -one, as in sulfon-ic. Compare also -thion.

-on

2. Forms names for chemical compounds, often proprietary.

• -thion

• Nº, NO, No, No., N.O., no, no.

• -hon — after vowels without glottal stops
• -un, -hun — nonstandard

From Proto-Philippine *-ən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *-ən, from Proto-Austronesian *-ən. Cognate with Ilocano -en and Tagalog -in.

-on (verb-forming suffix, inchoative gi-, contemplative -on, imperative -a, negative -a)

1. patient trigger verbal affix, infinitive form
   1. non-durative action; an action done unto something or someone without necessarily referencing the duration of the act; see Perfective aspect

      Coordinate term: paga- -on — durative patient trigger

      ‎kaon (“eat”) + ‎-on → ‎kan-on (“to eat something”)

      Kan-on nako ang isda. ― I will eat the fish. (The "fish" is focused)

      Kan-on nako ― I will eat it

   2. (with verbs of motion) go to do/get/achieve something

      ‎saka (“climb”) + ‎-on → ‎sak-on (“to climb to get something”)

      ‎balik (“return”) + ‎-on → ‎balikon (“to return to do something”)

      Balikon ka namo ― We will come back to get you

   3. (with roots referring to a state) make into such state

      ‎pula (“red”) + ‎-on → ‎pulahon (“to make something red”)

      ‎hurot (“consumed”) + ‎-on → ‎hutdon (“to use up all that is left”)

      ‎upat (“four”) + ‎-on → ‎upaton (“to make/divide into four parts”)

      ‎ayo (“good”) + ‎-on → ‎ayohon (“to fix”)

   4. (with adjectives referring to manner) do something in such manner

      ‎ayo (“good”) + ‎-on → ‎ayohon (“to do something well”)

      ‎kalit (“sudden”) + ‎-on → ‎kaliton (“to do something suddenly”)

   5. (with names or titles) call someone by that name or title

      Kuyahon ka niya ― He calls you "kuya"

   6. (uncommon, with words referring to time) do at such time

      Ugmaon na lang 'ni nako. ― I will just do this tomorrow.

   7. (with things that can be used as an instrument to hit something) strike with so-and-so

      Bakyaon nako siya ― I will hit him/her with a wooden slipper

2. contemplative aspect of -on

• Often, the stress is moved to the next syllable after affixation:

  ‎bálik + ‎-on → ‎balíkon

  ‎áyo + ‎-on → ‎ayóhon

  ‎pulá + ‎-on → ‎pulahón

  ‎kalít + ‎-on → ‎kalitón

-on (adjective-forming suffix)

1. (added to adjectives) somewhat, kind of, -ish

   Synonym: murag, full reduplication of root

   ‎gamay (“small”) + ‎-on → ‎gamayon (“rather small”)

   ‎barato (“cheap”) + ‎-on → ‎baratohon (“rather cheap”)

2. (added to Spanish monetary numbers) worth much

   Synonyms: tag-, balig

   ‎piso (“one peso”) + ‎-on → ‎pisohon (“worth one peso”)

   ‎baynte (“twenty pesos”) + ‎-on → ‎bayntehon (“worth twenty pesos”)

3. forms demonyms

   Synonyms: -anon, -non, -hon

• In the first and second senses, the stress is always on the last syllable:

  ‎mahál + ‎-on → ‎mahalón (“somewhat expensive”)

  ‎báyot + ‎-on → ‎bayotón (“gayish”)

-on (noun-forming suffix)

1. alternative form of -onon

   Duna pa koy hatagon nimo. ― I still have something to give you.

• John U. Wolff (1972), A dictionary of Cebuano Visayan‎^[1] (overall work in Cebuano and English), Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, pages 1158-1159

• IPA^(key): [-ˈoˀn]

-on

1. (organic chemistry) -one

• IPA^(key): /ɔn/

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-on

1. (organic chemistry) -one
2. (particles) -on

• oxo-

• keton

See -Vn (illative suffix).

-on

1. Suffix variant for the illative singular, see -Vn.

• no

Inherited from Latin -ōnem.

-on m (plural -ons) (ORB)

1. forms augmentative nouns

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃/

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Inherited from Middle French -on, from Old French -on, a blending of Latin -ōnem (accusative singular of -ō, masculine appellative suffix), Frankish *-on (accusative of *-ō, ending of masculine weak declension nouns), Frankish *-īn (diminutive suffix), and *-ing (diminutive suffix for animals, via -enc, -enz). Some also descend from the Celtic singulative *-onos, such as mouton.

-on m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ons, feminine -onne)

1. forms diminutives of things, including some animals

   ‎chat (“cat”) + ‎-on → ‎chaton (“kitten”)

   ‎ours (“bear”) + ‎-on → ‎ourson (“cub”)

2. forms augmentatives of things

   ‎médaille (“medal”) + ‎-on → ‎médaillon (“medallion”)

3. indicates origin or occupation

   ‎marmite (“cooking pot”) + ‎-on → ‎marmiton (“pot and pan washer; kitchen porter”)

   ‎quartier (“quarter”) + ‎-on → ‎quarteron (“quarter of a pound”)

   ‎char (“carriage”) + ‎-on → ‎charron (“wheelwright”)

   ‎bûche (“log”) + ‎-on → ‎bûcheron (“lumberjack”)

• → English: -oon

-on (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -onne, masculine plural -ons, feminine plural -onnes)

1. forms adjectives of characteristic

   ‎mollasse (“molasses”) + ‎-on → ‎mollasson (“sluggish”)

   ‎brouiller (“to blur; to scramble”) + ‎-on → ‎brouillon (“disorganized, disjointed”)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek -ον (-on), neuter of -ος (-os), masculine adjective ending.

-on m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ons)

1. (physics and biology) -on

   ‎magnét(ique) (“magnetic”) + ‎-on → ‎magnéton (“magneton”)

   ‎ostéo- + ‎-on → ‎ostéon (“osteon”)

-ōn

1. romanization of -𐍉𐌽

• IPA^(key): [on]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-on (superessive case suffix)

2. on

   ‎asztal (“table”) + ‎-on → ‎asztalon (“on [a/the] table”)

   Egy váza van az asztalon ― There is a vase on the table.

• (superessive case suffix) Variants:

  -n is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -on is added to back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -en is added to unrounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ön is added to rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

• rajta
• Category:Hungarian terms taking -n/-on/-en/-ön
• Category:Hungarian noun forms

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-on

2. (verb-forming suffix) Added to a stem ― often an onomatopoeia ― to form a verb, normally expressing an instantaneous action.

   oson (“to sneak”) (the instantaneous element is not present here)

• (verb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -on is added to some back-vowel words

  -an is added to back-vowel words

  -en is added to front-vowel words

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-on

2. (deadjectival adverb-forming suffix) Added to an adjective to create an adverb.

   ‎vak (“blind”) + ‎-on → ‎vakon (“blindly”)

   ‎gazdag (“rich”) + ‎-on → ‎gazdagon (“abundantly, copiously”)

• (adverb-forming suffix) Variants:

  -n is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  -an is added to most back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -on is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  -en is added to front-vowel words ending in a consonant, as well as some front-vowel words ending in a vowel (see above).

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

-on

2. (chiefly dialectal or archaic, personal suffix) Forms the indefinite third-person singular suffix (currently only in the imperative mood as part of -jon, formerly also occurring in the indicative).

   ad (“to give”) → adjon (“he/she/it should give”)

   van (“to be”) → vagyon (“he/she/it is, there is”) (in the standard language: van)

• (archaic personal suffix) Variants:

  -n is added to certain irregular stems

  -on is added to back-vowel words

  -en is added to unrounded front-vowel words

  -ön is added to rounded front-vowel words

• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

• Szinnyei József: Alaktani adalékok (in Nyelvtudományi Közlemények, 1903, see page 249 in the PDF, page 243 in the original)
• Ifj. Domokos Pál Péter: Még egyszer a felelin-féle igealakokról (page 4 in the PDF, page 32 in the original)

-on

1. forms perfective aspect, which require patient pronouns

• Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976), Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages 371-372

A new formation from words such as ion (“ion”), from Ancient Greek -ου (-ou), neuter of -ος (-os), from Proto-Indo-European *-os (creates nouns from verb stems).

• IPA^(key): /uːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn
• Hyphenation: -on

-on (definite singular neuter -onet, indefinite plural -on or -oner, definite plural -onene or -ona)

2. (physics, mathematics and biology) Used to form nouns denoting subatomic particles, quanta, molecular units, or substances; -on

   proton, elektron, nøytron, boson, gluon ― proton, electron, neutron, boson, gluon

4. (chemistry, biology, genetics) Used to form nouns denoting certain organic compounds; -one, -on

   aceton, testosteron, kodon ― acetone, testosterone, codone

• IPA^(key): /ɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Hyphenation: -on
• Homophones: onn, ånd

-on (definite singular neuter -onet or definite singular masculine -onen, indefinite plural -on or -oner, definite plural -onene or -ona)

2. (chemistry) Used to form nouns denoting chemical substances and industrial products; -on

   radon, orlon, rayon ― radon, orlon, rayon

• “-on” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

• -an, -un

-on

1. Marks the plural preterite indicative of strong verbs.

   ‎drīfan (“to drive”) + ‎-on → ‎drifon (“we/you/they drove”)

• As this suffix is added only to strong verbs, it is always accompanied by ablaut when it appears on a verb.

• -edon, -odon

-on

1. (rare) alternative form of -en (suffix forming past participles)

• -oian

From Proto-Germanic *-ōną.

-ōn

1. (verbal suffix) used to form the infinitive of class 2 weak verbs (an alternative ending -oian is sometimes found instead of -ōn)

   makōn "to make"

   hatōn "to hate"

• Middle Low German: -en
  • Low German: -en

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ɔn/
• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: -on
• Homophone: on

-on m inan or m pers

1. forms masculine nouns

   ‎kuć + ‎-on → ‎kujon

Inanimate declension:

Animate declension:

• “-on”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

-on m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ones)

1. obsolete spelling of -ón

Most likely originally from smultron (“wild strawberry”) and nypon (“rosehip”) and then extended to other borrowed words with an original -a suffix. Probably originally a plural suffix cognate to Gothic -𐍉𐌽𐌰 (-ōna) in e.g. 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉𐌽𐌰 (augōna, “eyes”), compare Swedish ögon.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˌɔn/

-on n

1. Used in many names of berries and some fruits.

• NO, no.

• IPA^(key): /ɔn/

• -ion

-on

1. Pluralisation suffix

   Synonyms: -aid, -aint, -au, -ed, -edd, -en, -i, -iadau, -iaid, -iau, -ion, -od, -oedd, -ydd, -yr, -ys

   ‎meddyg (“doctor”) + ‎-on → ‎meddygon (“doctors”)

   ‎lleidr (“thief”) + ‎-on → ‎lladron (“lladron”)

   ‎athro (“(male) teacher”) + ‎-on → ‎athrawon (“athrawon”)

• -son

-on

1. (colloquial) verb suffix for the first-person plural preterite
2. (colloquial) verb suffix for the third-person plural preterite

• -ion

-on

1. Noun suffix

   ‎aur (“gold”) + ‎-on → ‎euron (“laburnum”)

   ‎gŵr (“man”) + ‎-on → ‎gwron (“hero”)

   ‎hin (“weather”) + ‎-on → ‎hinon (“fair weather”)