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вон

/[von]/
Russianadvintjnoun

Grammatical form

вон is the genitive plural form of во́на — “won (currency).

See the full entry for во́на

Definitions

  1. 1.
    off, out (away), outside, away
    • Он вы́шел вон.

      On výšel von.He went out (and away).

  2. 2.
    informalthere
    • Вон та́м

      Von támover there

  3. 3.
    out, get out!
    • пошёл вон!

      pošól von!get out!; get away from me!

    • вон (оно́) что!

      von (onó) što!You don’t say!

    • — Вон!!! — вдруг га́ркнул Пе́рсиков так стра́шно, что пиани́но в гости́ной изда́ло звук на то́нких кла́вишах.

      — Von!!! — vdrug gárknul Pérsikov tak strášno, što pianíno v gostínoj izdálo zvuk na tónkix klávišax."Get out!" Persikov suddenly roared so terrifyingly that the high keys on the piano in the drawing-room vibrated.

Synonyms & related words

Related words (2)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вънъ (vŭnŭ), from Proto-Slavic *vъnъ. Cognate with dialectal во́нки (vónki, “out”), Old Church Slavonic вънъ (vŭnŭ, “out”), Ukrainian во́нка (vónka, “out”), Bulgarian вън (vǎn, “out”) (also въ́нка (vǎ́nka)), Serbo-Croatian ва̏н (“out”), Slovene vèn (“out”) (tonal orthography), Czech ven (“out”), Slovak von (“out”), Old Polish wen (“out”), Upper Sorbian won (“out”), Lower Sorbian wen (“out”). See вне (vne) for further discussion.

Forms

  • vonromanization

Nearby Russian words

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