japon

See also: Japon, japón, and Japón

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ja‧pon

Adverb

japon

1. eye dialect spelling of gihapon

Dutch

Etymology

Clipping of japonse rok, in reference to Japan. The word was subsequently influenced by French jupon, which has influenced the Belgian pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands) IPA^(key): /jaːˈpɔn/
• (Belgium) IPA^(key): /ʒaːˈpɔn/

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• Hyphenation: ja‧pon
• Rhymes: -ɔn

Noun

japon m (plural japonnen, diminutive japonnetje n)

1. a gown, a robe, a dress

   Synonym: jurk

   Haar japon van lichte mousseline, ietwat doorzichtig (dat was toen mode) liet de mannen niet onverschillig.

   Her slightly see-through muslin dress (the fashion of the day) didn’t leave men indifferent.

   De makers hebben in totaal 248 handgemaakte strikken op de japon aangebracht.

   The makers sewed a total of 248 hand-made ribbons onto the dress.

Derived terms

• avondjapon
• huisjapon
• kamerjapon
• nachtjapon
• pon

Descendants

• Afrikaans: japon
• Negerhollands: japoenje, japuen
• → Caribbean Hindustani: yápon
• → Sranan Tongo: yapon
  • → Aukan: yapon
  • → Caribbean Javanese: yapung
  • → Saramaccan: japó
• → West Frisian: japon

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

japon m (uncountable)

1. japanware
2. Japanese porcelain

Further reading

• “japon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French japon.

Noun

japon n (uncountable)

1. japanware (porcelain or silk)

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	japon	japonul
genitive-dative	japon	japonului
vocative	japonule