fön
See also: Fön and Appendix:Variations of "fon"
Icelandic
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /fœːn/
- Rhymes: -œːn
Noun
    
fön f (genitive singular fanar, nominative plural fanir)
- (ornithology) barb (one of the side branches of a feather which collectively constitute the vane)
- (ichthyology, mycology) lamella (thin, plate-like structure forming part of a gill)
Slovak
    
    
Etymology
    
Derived from German Föhn, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /føn/
Noun
    
fön m inan (genitive singular fönu, nominative plural föny, genitive plural fönov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
    
Further reading
    
- fön in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
    
    Alternative forms
    
- (strong wind): föhn
Declension
    
| Declension of fön | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | fön | fönen | fönar | fönarna | 
| Genitive | föns | fönens | fönars | fönarnas | 
Synonyms
    
- (hair dryer): hårfön, hårtork
Descendants
    
- → Finnish: fööni
Further reading
    
- fön in Svensk ordbok.
Turkish
    
    Etymology
    
Borrowed from German Föhn, from Old High German phonno, from Vulgar Latin *faōnius, from Latin Favōnius (“Favonius”), a Roman wind god.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /fœn/
Volapük
    
    
Declension
    
declension of fön
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fön | föns | 
| genitive | föna | fönas | 
| dative | föne | fönes | 
| accusative | föni | fönis | 
| vocative 1 | o fön! | o föns! | 
| predicative 2 | fönu | fönus | 
- 1 status as a case is disputed
- 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only
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