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kone

Pronunciation: [ˈkʰoːnə]

“kone” is a Danish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. wife (married woman)
  2. woman (frequent in compounds)

Etymology

From Old Danish kona, konæ, kunæ, from Old Norse kona, from Proto-Germanic *kwenǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn.

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