Ion

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn). ==== Proper noun ==== Ion (Greek mythology) Son of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people. (philosophy) Ion of Chios, a Greek writer, dramatist, lyric poet and philosopher of the Pythagorean school === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Romanian Ion. ==== Proper noun ==== Ion (plural Ions) A surname from Romanian. ===== Statistics ===== According to the 2010 United States Census, Ion is the 37029th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 603 individuals. Ion is most common among White (97.18%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ion”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 231. === See also === Ion Creangă === Anagrams === oni, NOI, Ino, ONI, NIO, -ino == Basque == === Etymology === A non-standard spelling of Jon, the sequence io stands for /i.o/. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟon/ [ɟõn] Rhymes: -on Hyphenation: Ion === Proper noun === Ion anim (proscribed) alternative spelling of Jon ==== Declension ==== == German == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ion, indirectly from Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión, “wandering”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /iˈoːn/, /i̯oːn/ === Noun === Ion n (mixed, genitive Ions, plural Ionen) (physics, chemistry) ion (an atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical charge) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Ion” in Duden online “Ion” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰώ (Iṓ). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈiː.oːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.on] ==== Proper noun ==== Īōn f sg (genitive Īōnis); third declension alternative form of Īō (“Io”) ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun, singular only. === Etymology 2 === From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈi.oːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.on] ==== Proper noun ==== Iōn m sg (genitive Iōnis); third declension A river of Thessaly rising in the Cambunii mountains ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun, singular only. === Etymology 3 === From Ancient Greek Ἴων (Íōn). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈi.oːn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈiː.on] ==== Proper noun ==== Iōn m sg (genitive Iōnis); third declension Ionian ===== Declension ===== Third-declension one-termination adjective. === References === “Ion”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly == Middle English == === Proper noun === Ion alternative typography of Jon == Romanian == === Alternative forms === Ioan === Etymology === From Ioan, from Old Church Slavonic Іѡаннъ (Ioannŭ), from Ancient Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), a contraction of the Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (Yôḥānān). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [iˈon] === Proper noun === Ion m (genitive/dative lui Ion, female equivalent Ioana) a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English John ==== Derived terms ==== Ionuț (nickname) Ionescu == Welsh == === Proper noun === Ion m abbreviation of Ionawr (“January”)