fong

See also:Fong

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

fong

1. (Ireland,slang)Akick.
   • 1996,Frank McCourt,Angela's Ashes,Scribner-Simon & Schuster, New York: 1996,p 147.

     'Get away from my door or I'll come out and give every one o' ye a goodfongin the hole of yeer arse.'

Etymology 2

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Noun

fong

1. (US,slang)Apenis.

See also

• fong kong

Catalan

Etymology

FromLatinfungus,or possibly a calque ofSpanishhongo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[ˈfoŋ]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic,Valencia)[ˈfoŋk]
• Homophone:fonc

Noun

fongm(pluralfongs)

1. fungus
2. mushroom

   Synonym:bolet

Related terms

• fúngic

Further reading

• “fong”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fongs”,inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2024
• “fong”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fong”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Kosraean

Etymology

FromProto-Oceanic*boŋi,fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*bəʀŋi,fromProto-Austronesian*bəʀŋi.ComparePohnpeianpwohng,Marshalleseboñ,Fi gianpogi,RotumanpogiandHawaiianpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/foŋ/

Noun

fong

1. night

Yola

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishthong,thwong,fromOld Englishþwang,fromProto-West Germanic*þwangi,fromProto-Germanic*þwangiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/fɔːn/
• Homophone:fane

Noun

fong

1. A thinstripof raw hide used by saddlers in sewing.

References

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927)The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2,Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page136