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{{also|Appendix:Variations of "dong"}}
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==English==
{{wp|Vietnamese đồng}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/dɒŋ/|a=UK}}
* {{IPA|en|/dɔŋ/|a=GA}}
** {{IPA|en|/dɑŋ/|a=cot-caught}}
* {{audio|en|En-au-dong.ogg|a=AU}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɒŋ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|vi|đồng}}, from {{der|en|ltc|銅|t=copper}}, from {{der|en|och|銅}}. Cognate with {{cog|cmn|銅||copper}}.

====Alternative forms====
* {{alt|en|đồng||uncommon}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun|*|s}}

# The currency of [[Vietnam]], 100 [[xu]]s. Symbol: '''[[₫]]'''
# {{lb|en|historical}} The currency of [[South Vietnam]], 100 [[xu]]s. Symbol: '''[[Đ.]]'''

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|currency of Vietnam}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|دُونْغ|m|tr=dunḡ}}, {{t|ar|دُونْج|m|tr=dong}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|盾|tr=dùn}}, {{t+|cmn|越南盾|tr=Yuènán dùn}}, {{t|cmn|越盾|tr=yuèdùn}}
* French: {{t+|fr|dong|m}}
* German: {{t|de|Dong|m}}
* Greek: {{t|el|ντονγκ}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|दोंग}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|đồng}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ドン|tr=don}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|ដុង}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|동(銅)}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ດົ່ງ}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|dong}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|dong|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|донг|m}}
* Thai: {{t|th|ด่ง}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đồng}} ({{t+|vi|銅}})
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|currency of South Vietnam}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|dong}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|đồng}} ({{t+|vi|銅}})
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 2===
{{unk|en}}. Perhaps suggested by [[dingus]] and other names for unnamable objects; perhaps suggesting of a sound of [[striking]] (perhaps the clapper of a bell; compare {{m|en|ding-dong}}); perhaps there is an element of [[donkey]] in it. {{etydate|1890s}}.<ref>{{R:Etymonline|pos=n}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun}} {{tlb|en|originally|US}}

# {{lb|en|slang}} The [[penis]].
#* {{quote-book|en|author=w:J P Donleavy|title=The Ginger Man|year=1955| year_published=1955 (France)| page=344|passage="That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?"<br>"She didn't mean anything she said. She was just after your '''dong'''. But it's mine."<br>"For sure, Mary."}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1969|author=Philip Roth|title=Portnoy’s Complaint|page=18|text=Nevertheless, I was wholly incapable of keeping my paws from my '''dong''' once it started the climb up my belly.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|year=1983|chapter=Penis Song|title=w:Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
|passage=Isn't it awfully nice to have a penis?<br>Isn't it frightfully good to have a '''dong'''?}}
# {{lb|en|slang|by extension}} A [[dildo]], specifically a [[synthetic]] [[anatomical]] [[replica]] of the penis.
# {{lb|en|slang}} A [[fool]].

=====Synonyms=====
* {{sense|penis}} See [[Thesaurus:penis]].

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|en|dongless
|double dong}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|en|ding-dong}}

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top|penis}}
* German: {{t+|de|Schwanz|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|ballefjong|c}}
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|dildo}}
* German: {{t+|de|Dildo|m}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Etymology 3===
{{onom|en}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.

=====Translations=====
{{trans-top-see|onomatopoeia for the ringing sound made by a bell with a low pitch|ding dong}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|噹|tr=dāng}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|дон}}
{{trans-bottom}}

====Verb====
{{en-verb}}

# To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.

===Etymology 4===
From {{bor|en|ko|동(洞)|t=neighborhood}}.

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[submunicipal]] [[administrative]] [[unit]] of a [[city]] in North or South [[Korea]].

===See also===
* [[dai pai dong]] {{i|etymologically unrelated}}
* [[dong quai]] {{i|etymologically unrelated}}

===References===
{{reflist}}
* {{R:Greens|pos=n|sense=1|id=xldq77y}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=dgno|Gond}}

{{cln|en|1-syllable words}}
{{C|en|Currencies|Historical currencies|Genitalia|Sounds|Vietnam}}

==Ambonese Malay==

===Etymology===
Syncope of {{m|abs|dorang}}.

===Pronoun===
{{head|abs|pronoun}}

# [[they]]

===References===
* {{R:abs:Takaria; Pieter:1998}}

==Antigua and Barbuda Creole English==

===Adverb===
{{head|aig|adverb}}

# [[down]]

==Betawi==

===Etymology===
{{ety|bew|:bor|fr:donc<id:thus>|id=then|tree=1}}
{{bor+|bew|fr|donc|t=therefore, thus}}.<ref>{{cite-journal|author1=Hardini, T. H.|author2=Grangé, P.|year=2016|title=An overview of Indonesian loanwords from French|journal=Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics|volume=6|issue=1|pages=164–165|doi=10.17509/ijal.v6i1.2749}}</ref>

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|bew|/dɔŋ/}}
* {{rhymes|bew|ɔŋ|s=1}}
* {{hyphenation|bew|dong}}

===Adverb===
{{head|bew|adverb}}

# [[then]]; [[in that case]] ({{non-gloss|used to indicate what follows from a situation}})
#* {{quote-journal|bew|date=1996-06-03|author=SM Ardan|authorlink=id:SM Ardan|title=Ah - aduh... wah!|trans-title=Oh - dear... what!|work=Mutiara|volume=814|url=https://perpustakaan.jakarta.go.id/digital-book/detail?cn=INLIS000000000031995|text=Wah — same aje '''dong''' ame bus biase?!|norm=Wah — samè ajè '''dong''' amè bus biasè?!|t=What — wouldn't it be the same as regular bus, '''then'''?!}}
#* {{quote-book|bew|author=Firman Muntaco|authorlink=id:Firman Muntaco (sastrawan)|2006|chapter=Kesurupan|trans-chapter=Possessed|title=Gambang Jakarte|trans-title=A Jakartan ensemble|location=Depok|publisher=Masup Jakarta|isbn=9792572902|page=5|text=Kebetulan duren-jatoannyah ora ada lagi! Abis pagimanah '''dong'''?|norm=Kebetulan durèn jatoannyah ora ada lagi! Abis pagimanah, '''dong'''?|t=There just aren't any more tree-dropped durians! So what now, '''then'''?}}
# [[of course]]; [[surely]] ({{non-gloss|used to indicate that something is obvious or expected}})
#* {{quote-journal|id|date=1964-07-19|termlang=bew|author=Si Miun|title=Lenggang Djakarté: Ibu2 revolusioner|trans-title=A Jakartan Stroll: Revolutionary women|work=Bintang Timur|url=https://perpustakaan.jakarta.go.id/digital-book/detail?cn=INLIS000000000003716|page=3|note=columns 3–6|text=Kudugitu'''dong'''.{{sic}} Masa prempuan ngedjentul alje{{sic}} dilobang dapur, dan tongkrongin lakinje! Kite kaum ibu jang repolusioner?!|norm=Kudu gitu, '''dong'''. Masa prempuan ngejentul ajè di lobang dapur, dan tongkrongin lakinyè! Kitè kaum ibu yang rèpolusionèr?!|t=That's how it should be, '''of course'''. Why would a woman just hang around in the kitchen, looking after her husband! We are revolutionary women, aren't we?!}}
#* {{quote-book|bew|year=2025|author=Pupuy Hurriyah|title=Èh, èh, diĕ sapĕ?|trans-title=Hey, hey, who is he?|location=Serang|publisher=Kantor Bahasa Provinsi Banten|page=6|isbn=9786340043068|url=https://kantorbahasabanten.kemendikdasmen.go.id/?books=eh-eh-die-sape/|text="Bésok, kitĕ mu jajalin tò dodol. Bólé, Ci’?" si Upit ngarep.<br>"Yĕ, bólé, '''dong''', Pit. Pan, nè dodol èmang bakal kitĕ gares barengan bésok," saut Ci’ Maryam sembari ketawĕ.|t="Tomorrow, I want to try that [[dodol]]. Can I, Sis?" Upit asked expectantly.<br>"Yes, '''of course''' you can, Pit. After all, this dodol is for us to eat together tomorrow," Maryam replied with a laugh.}}

===Interjection===
{{head|bew|interjection}}

# [[come on]]; [[please]] ({{non-gloss|used to make a request or suggestion more insistent}})
#* {{quote-song|bew|year=1969|author1=Ali Sabeni|author2=Suhaeri Mufti|title=Sabeni Djago Tanah Abang|trans-title=Sabeni the {{w|Tanah Abang}} Hero|album=Sabeni Djago Tanah Abang|artist=Suhaeri Mufti|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/15198435-Lilis-Surjani-Suhaeri-Mufti-Sabeni-Djago-Tanah-Abang-|note=track A1|location=Jakarta|publisher=Diastar|text= Bagus, lèmpar kaki sebelè. Sabet ke kanan. Deser terus! Tarik lagi! Adu, jangan kaya' orang jantungan, '''dong'''!|t=Nice, widen your stance to the side. Strike to the right. Keep going! Pull again! Oh dear, '''come on''', don't move like you suffer from heart attack!}}

===Descendants===
* {{desc|id|dong|bor=1}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:bew:Kahler:1966|page=48}}
* {{R:bew:Chaer:2009|page=107}}

==Cebuano==

===Etymology===
{{ety|ceb|:clipping|dodong|text=+|tree=1}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{ceb-IPA}}
* {{hyphenation|ceb|day}}

===Noun===
{{ceb-noun|b=+}}

# {{lb|ceb|colloquial}} {{n-g|common term of address to a boy}}

{{cln|ceb|clippings}}

==Dutch==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/dɔŋ/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-dong.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|dong}}
* {{rhyme|nl|ɔŋ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|nl|dum|*dong}}, from {{inh|nl|odt|*dunga}}, from {{inh|nl|gem-pro|*dungō}}. Cognate to {{cog|en|dung}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|m|-|-}}

# {{lb|nl|dated|dialectal|Northern Dutch}} [[dung]], [[manure]]
#: {{syn|nl|mest}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|dcr|doeng}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|nl|vi|đồng}}.

====Noun====
{{nl-noun|m|-s|-}}

# {{l|en|dong}}, the currency of [[Vietnam]]

===Etymology 3===
{{nonlemma}}

====Verb====
{{head|nl|verb form}}

# {{infl of|nl|dingen||s|past|ind}}

==Hamar==
{{number box|amf|5}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{amf-IPA}}

===Numeral===
{{head|amf|numeral}}

# [[five]] {{gloss|cardinal number}}

===References===
* {{R:amf:Petrollino:2016}}

==Hungarian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{hu-IPA}}
* {{audio|hu|Hu-dong.ogg}}
* {{rhymes|hu|oŋɡ|s=1}}
* {{homophones|hu|đồng}}

===Etymology 1===
From an [[onomatopoeia]] + {{af|hu|-g|pos1=frequentative verb-forming suffix|pos=verb}}.<ref>{{R:Zaicz 2006}}</ref>{{cln|hu|onomatopoeias}}

====Verb====
{{hu-verb}}

# {{lb|hu|intransitive|of an insect}} to [[buzz]], [[bumble]], [[drone]]
# {{lb|hu|intransitive|of a large hollow object}} to [[boom]], [[rumble]], [[thunder]] {{gloss|to make a dull, low-pitched, reverberating sound when hit}}

=====Conjugation=====
{{hu-conj-ok|d|o|ng|intrans=y}}
or
{{hu-conj-ok|do|n|g|intrans=y}}
<!-- cf. http://corpus.nytud.hu/cgi-bin/e-szokincs/alaktan?lemma=dong -->

=====Derived terms=====
{{col4|hu
|dongás
|dongó
}}
{{hu-verbpref|dong|körül}}

===Etymology 2===
See {{m|hu|đồng}}.

====Noun====
{{head|hu|noun|noposcat=1}}

# {{nonstandard form of|hu|đồng||[[dong#Noun|dong]]|pos=the currency of Vietnam; usually used by thousands or higher denominations}}<ref>{{R:hu:AkH2015|section=212}}</ref>

=====Declension=====
{{hu-infl-nom|dongo|o}}{{hu-pos-otok|dong|j|jai}}

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ErtSz}}
* {{R:Nagyszotar}}

==Indonesian==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|id|/ˈdɔŋ/}}
* {{hyphenation|id|dong}}
* {{rhymes|id|dɔŋ|ɔŋ|ŋ|s=1}}

===Etymology 1===
From {{bor|id|bew|dong}}, from {{der|id|fr|donc|t=therefore, thus}}.<ref>{{cite-journal|author1=Hardini, T. H.|author2=Grangé, P.|year=2016|title=An overview of Indonesian loanwords from French|journal=Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics|volume=6|issue=1|pages=164–165|doi=10.17509/ijal.v6i1.2749}}</ref>

====Adverb====
{{head|id|adverb}}

# {{lb|id|colloquial}} [[please]]: {{non-gloss|used to make a polite request}}
#: {{syn|id|atuh}}
#: {{uxi|id|Harga Bensin Pertalite Jangan Naik '''Dong'''.|t='''Please''', don't raise the Pertalite Petrol Price.}}
# {{lb|id|colloquial}} {{non-gloss|indicates a strong command}}
# {{lb|id|colloquial}} {{non-gloss|indicates discord between words and actions}}

=====Alternative forms=====
* {{alt|id|donk}}

===Etymology 2===
Borrowed from {{bor|id|vi|đồng}}, from {{der|id|ltc|銅|t=copper}}, from {{der|id|och|銅}}. Cognate with {{cog|cmn|銅||copper}}.

====Noun====
{{head|id|noun}}

# the currency of [[Vietnam]], 100 [[xu]]s. Symbol: '''[[₫]]'''

===References===
{{reflist}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KBBI Daring}}

==Jamaican Creole==

===Etymology===
{{ety|jam|:der|en:down|tree=+}}
{{der+|jam|en|down}}. Compare {{cog|bzj|dong}}.

===Adverb===
{{head|jam|adv}}

# [[down#Adverb|down]]
#* {{RQ:jam:DJNT|Acts|7|15|So Jiekob imself go '''dong''' a Iijip, an im an wi faada faada dem liv '''dong''' de til dem ded.|So Jacob went '''down''' to Egypt where he and our fathers lived til they died.}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:jam:majstro.com}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|dōng}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|dǒng}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|dòng}}

====Usage notes====
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Middle English==

===Noun===
{{head|enm|noun|var=1}} 

# {{alt form|enm|donge|t=dung|id=dung}}

==North Moluccan Malay==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|max|/dɔŋ/}}

===Pronoun===
{{head|max|pronoun}}

# {{short for|max|dorang}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Etymology===
{{clipping|nb|kordong}}, itself possibly a {{corruption|nb|kondom}}

===Noun===
{{nb-noun-m1}}

# {{lb|nb|slang}} [[condom]]

==Portuguese==

===Pronunciation===
{{pt-IPA|dongui^}}
* {{hyph|pt|dong}}

===Noun===
{{pt-noun|m|#s}}

# {{l|en|dong}} {{gloss|currency of Vietnam}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:pt:Priberam}}

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{ety|ro|:bor|fr:dong|text=+|tree=1}}

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|m|dongi}}

# {{l|en|dong}} {{gl|currency}}

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-m}}

===References===
* {{R:MDA2}}

==Spanish==
{{wp|es:+ vietnamita}}

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m}}

# {{l|en|dong}} {{gloss|currency}}

==Vietnamese==

===Pronunciation===
{{vi-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===

====Verb====
{{vi-verb|[[𢫝]]}}

# to [[drive]]; to [[escort]]

===Etymology 2===
Attested as ''deaong'' in the ''Flora Cochinchinensis'' (1790, "Flora of Cochinchina").

====Noun====
{{vi-noun|cls=[[cây]]|[[容]]}}

# {{taxlink|Phrynium placentarium|species}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{col|vi|dong riềng}}

==Zou==

===Pronunciation===
* {{zom-IPA|dòng}}
* {{hyph|zom|dong}}

===Verb===
{{zom-verb|dòng|dòh}}

# {{lb|zom|transitive}} to [[ask]]

===References===
* {{R:zom:Thanglienmang:2010|page=82}}
* {{R:zom:Singh:2013|page=63}}

==Zyphe==

===Noun===
{{head|zyp|noun}}

# [[cubit]]

===Verb===
{{head|zyp|verb}}

# to [[poke]], to [[prick]]

===References===
* {{R:zyp:Lotven:2021}}