name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
dong
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɒŋ/
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General-American: /dɔŋ/
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cot-caught-merger: /dɑŋ/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ɒŋ
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CMU ARPABET: D AO1 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: D AO1 NG G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫
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noun
Meaning 3
The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 4
The penis.
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Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 5
A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, slang
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noun
Meaning 6
A fool.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 7
A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
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noun
Meaning 8
A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
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verb
Meaning 9
To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
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noun
Meaning 10
the basic unit of money in Vietnam
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Vietnamese monetary unit
verb
Meaning 11
go `ding dong', like a bell
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ding, dingdong
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ring, peal
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”).
Unknown. Perhaps suggested by dingus and other names for unnamable objects; perhaps suggesting of a sound of striking (perhaps the clapper of a bell; compare ding-dong); perhaps there is an element of donkey in it. First attested in the 1890s.
Onomatopoeic.
From Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”).
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: دُونْغ (dunḡ) — currency of Vietnam
- Arabic: دُونْج (dong) — currency of Vietnam
- Chinese Mandarin: 盾 (dùn) — currency of Vietnam
- Chinese Mandarin: 越南盾 (Yuènán dùn) — currency of Vietnam
- Chinese Mandarin: 越盾 (yuèdùn) — currency of Vietnam
- French: dong — currency of Vietnam
- German: Dong — currency of Vietnam
- Greek: ντονγκ (ntongk) — currency of Vietnam
- Hindi: दोंग (doṅg) — currency of Vietnam
- Hungarian: đồng — currency of Vietnam
- Japanese: ドン (don) — currency of Vietnam
- Khmer: ដុង (dong) — currency of Vietnam
- Korean: 동 (dong) — currency of Vietnam
- Lao: ດົ່ງ (dong) — currency of Vietnam
- Malay: dong — currency of Vietnam
- Portuguese: dong — currency of Vietnam
- Russian: донг (dong) — currency of Vietnam
- Thai: ด่ง (dòng) — currency of Vietnam
- Vietnamese: đồng — currency of Vietnam
- Portuguese: dong — currency of South Vietnam
- Vietnamese: đồng — currency of South Vietnam
- German: Schwanz — penis
- Swedish: ballefjong — penis
- German: Dildo — dildo
- Chinese Mandarin: 噹 /当 (dāng) — onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch
- Russian: дон (don) — onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch