onta

From -onta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈonta/
• Hyphenation: on‧ta
• Rhymes: -onta

onta (accusative singular ontan, plural ontaj, accusative plural ontajn)

1. upcoming, future

   Synonym: futura

Borrowed from Old French honte, from Vulgar Latin *hōnta, *haunta, from Frankish *haunitha, from Proto-Germanic *hauniþō (“humiliation”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈon.ta/, [ˈon̪t̪ä]
• Hyphenation: ón‧ta

onta f (plural onte) (obsolete)

1. shame, disgrace

   I Romani dovettero subire l'onta delle Forche Caudine. ― The Romans had to suffer the shame of the [battle of the] Caudine Forks.

   Synonyms: disonore, ignominia, infamia, scorno, smacco, umiliazione, vergogna

   Antonyms: fama, gloria, lustro, merito, onore, vanto

2. insult, affront

   L'onta patita fu lavata nel sangue. ― The endured insult was washed away with blood.

   Synonyms: affronto, ingiuria, insulto, offesa, oltraggio, umiliazione

3. (figuratively, poetic) damage, harm, nuisance
   • c. 1800, Giuseppe Parini, Il giorno [The Day], Luigi Mussi, published 1803, Notte, lines 31-33, page 138:

     […] e contro all'onte ¶ della pioggia e del sol ben forte armata ¶ mille e più passi l'accompagna ei stesso […]

     […] and he himself accompanies her, strongly guarded against the damages of the rain and the Sun, for a thousand steps and more […]

   Synonyms: danno, ingiuria, molestia, offesa

• adontare

• ontoso

• nato
• nota
• tona