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

• IPA^(key): /-ɒn/

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-on

1. (physics, mathematics)Forming nouns denotingsubatomic particles andquanta.

   Coordinate term:-ino

   photon,proton

Back-formation fromcarbon, first applied toboron and then tosilicon.

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

-on

2. (chemistry)Forming names ofnoble 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 insulfon-ic. Compare also-thion.

-on

2. Forms names forchemical compounds, oftenproprietary.

• -thion

• Nº,NO,No,No.,N.O.,no,no.

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

FromProto-Philippine*-ən, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*-ən, fromProto-Austronesian*-ən. Cognate withIlocano-en andTagalog-in.

-on (verb-forming suffix,inchoativegi-,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; seePerfective 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)worthmuch

   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, pages1158-1159

• 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 fromLatin-ōnem.

-on m (plural-ons)(ORB)

1. forms augmentative nouns

• IPA^(key): /ɔ̃/

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Inherited fromMiddle French-on, fromOld French-on, a blending ofLatin-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 asmouton.

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

1. formsdiminutives of things, including some animals

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

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

2. formsaugmentatives 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. formsadjectives of characteristic

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

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

Borrowed fromAncient 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]

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

-on (superessive case suffix)

2. on

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

   Egy váza vanaz asztalon ―There is a vaseon 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

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

-on

2. (verb-forming suffix)Added to astem ― often anonomatopoeia ― to form averb, normally expressing aninstantaneous 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

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

-on

2. (deadjectival adverb-forming suffix)Added to anadjective to create anadverb.

   ‎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).

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology 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 (inNyelvtudományi Közlemények, 1903, see page 249 in the PDF, page 243 in the original)
• Ifj. Domokos Pál Péter: Még egyszer afelelin-féle igealakokról (page 4 in the PDF, page 32 in the original)

-on

1. formsperfective aspect, which requirepatient pronouns

• Nora Deering; Helga H. Delisle (1976),Mohawk: A teaching grammar (preliminary version), Quebec: Manitou College, pages371-372

A new formation from words such asion(“ion”), fromAncient Greek-ου(-ou), neuter of-ος(-os), fromProto-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 formnouns denotingsubatomic particles,quanta,molecular units, orsubstances;-on

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

4. (chemistry, biology, genetics)Used to formnouns denoting certainorganiccompounds;-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 formnouns denotingchemicalsubstances andindustrialproducts;-on

   radon, orlon, rayon ―radon, orlon, rayon

• “-on” inDet 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 tostrong verbs, it is always accompanied byablaut when it appears on a verb.

• -edon,-odon

-on

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

• -oian

FromProto-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

(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

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

-on m inan orm pers

1. forms masculine nouns

   ‎kuć + ‎-on → ‎kujon

Inanimate declension:

Animate declension: