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godon
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See also: Godoń
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French godon, speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.
Pronunciation
Adjective
godon (feminine godonne, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godonnes)
Gothic
Romanization
gōdōn
- romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍉𐌽
Ladin
Verb
godon
Middle French
Etymology
Speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.
Pronunciation
Noun
godon m (plural godons, feminine singular godone, feminine plural godones)
- (ethnic slur) Englishman
- 15th century, anonymous (perhaps Olivier Basselin), “Chanson LXI”, in Armand Gasté, editor, Chansons normandes du XVè siècle, 1866:
- Ne craignez point a les batre / ces Godons, panches a pois / Car vng de nous en vault quatre / Au moins en vault il bien troys
- Do not fear at all to fight them / These pea-bellied godons / Because one of us is worth four of them / [Or] at least, well worth three of them.
- (derogatory) glutton
Adjective
godon m (feminine singular godone, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godones)
- (ethnic slur) English
- c. 1490, “Le Roy engloys”, in Manuscrit de Bayeux:
- Ils ont chargé l'artillerie sur mer / Force biscuit et chascun ung bidon / Et par la mer jusqu'en Bisquaye aller / Pour couronner leur petit roy godon.
- They embarked the artillery on ship / [With] many biscuits and each man a bottle / And went by sea up to Biscay / To crown their little godon king.
Descendants
- French: godon
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Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔdɔn/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːdɔn/, /ˈɡɔdɔn/
Verb
godon
- soft mutation of codon
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
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