фон

• IPA^(key): [fɔn]
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Borrowed from French fond.

фон • (fon) m

1. background color, base color
2. (figuratively) environment, background

Internationalism; compare English phon, French phone, German Phon, ultimately from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”).

фон • (fon) m

1. (acoustics) phon (logarithmic unit of loudness level for tones and complex sounds)

Borrowed from German von.

фон • (fon)

1. von (particle used in certain German names indicating a noble, aristocratic origin)

   Ото фон Бисмарк ― Oto fon Bismark ― Otto von Bismarck

• “фон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
• “фон”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

• IPA^(key): [fɔn]
• Hyphenation: фон

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фон • (fon) m

1. background color, base color
2. (figuratively) environment, background
3. background noise

From Greek φωνή (foní, “voice, sound”).

фон • (fon) m

1. (physics) phon (logarithmic unit of loudness level)

Borrowed from German von.

фон • (fon)

1. von (particle used in certain German names indicating a noble, aristocratic origin)

   Ото фон Бизмарк ― Oto fon Bizmark ― Otto von Bismarck

• “фон” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

• фонъ (fon) — pre-1918 spelling

• IPA^(key): [fon]

Borrowed from French fond via German Fond. Further from Latin fundus (whence also фунда́мент (fundáment)). Doublet of фонд (fond).

фон • (fon) m inan (genitive фо́на, nominative plural фоны́, genitive plural фоно́в, relational adjective фо́новый)

1. background, backdrop

   Synonyms: за́дний план (zádnij plan), за́дник (zádnik)

   на фо́не после́дних собы́тий ― na fóne poslédnix sobýtij ― against the backdrop of latest events

2. (physics) background radiation

• фони́ть impf (fonítʹ)

• → Armenian: ֆոն (fon)
• → Esperanto: fono
• → Ingrian: foona

фон • (fon) m anim or m inan (indeclinable)

1. Fon people of Benin and Nigeria
2. Fon language

• джеджи (džedži), дагомеец (dagomejec)

From Greek φωνή (foní, “voice, sound”).

фон • (fon) m inan (genitive фо́на, nominative plural фо́ны, genitive plural фо́нов)

1. (physics) phon (logarithmic unit of loudness level)

• фоно- (fono-), -фон (-fon)

Borrowed from German von.

фон • (fon)

1. von (particle used in certain German names indicating a noble, aristocratic origin)

   Ге́рберт фон Ка́раян ― Gérbert fon Kárajan ― Herbert von Karajan

• фон-баро́н m anim (fon-barón)

• Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882), “фон”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.