adj
Meaning 1
Yon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
thon
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ðɒn/
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rhymes with -ɒn
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/ðʌn/
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rhymes with -ʌn
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CMU ARPABET: TH AA1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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pron
Meaning 3
they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: gender-neutral, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person
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pron
Meaning 4
them (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: gender-neutral, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person
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History
Etymology
Alteration of yon due to the influence of this and that.
Proposed in 1858 by Charles Crozat Converse from that + one. Compare also dialectal English and Scots thon (“that; yon”, adjective; pronoun).