zong

See also: Zong, zòng, zōng, and zǒng

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔŋ

Verb

zong

  1. singular past indicative of zingen

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French les ongles.

Noun

zong

  1. fingernail

Mandarin

Romanization

zong

  1. Nonstandard spelling of zōng.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of zǒng.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of zòng.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French ongle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zoŋ/

Noun

zong

  1. finger nail; toe nail.

Middle English

Noun

zong

  1. (Kent) Alternative form of song

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English song, from Old English sang.

Noun

zong

  1. song

References

  • Jacob Poole (1867), William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, page 82
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