kone

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

• IPA^(key): /koːnə/, [ˈkʰoːnə]

kone c (singular definite konen, plural indefinite koner)

1. wife (married woman)
2. woman

From Proto-Finnic *koneh, from Pre-Finnic *konïš, borrowed from Pre-Germanic *gn̥ni̯o- (later Proto-Germanic *kunją (“omen, portent, miracle”)), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃-. Cognates include Old Norse kyn (“wonder”). The original meaning in Finnish was magic, from which only recently machine.[1] Compare with Karelian koneh (“magic”) and konehtie (“to conjure”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoneˣ/, [ˈko̞ne̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -e
• Hyphenation: ko‧ne

kone

1. machine
2. appliance (apparatus or device, typically powered electrically, used in homes to perform domestic functions)

   kodinkone, kotitalouskone -- household appliance

3. Short for lentokone (“airplane”).
4. Short for tietokone (“computer”).

• (colloquial) masiina
• (mocking) rakkine

• koneellinen
• koneistaa

• keon, koen

kone

1. beach, shore

From Old Norse kona

kone m or f (definite singular kona or konen, indefinite plural koner, definite plural konene)

1. housewife; mistress of the house
2. wife

• hustru

• ekskone

• “kone” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse kona

kone f (definite singular kona, indefinite plural koner, definite plural konene)

1. housewife; mistress of the house
2. wife

• hustru

• ekskone

• “kone” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.