bun
EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungo (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.
NounEdit
bun (plural buns)
- A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
- A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
- (Ireland) A cupcake.
- (slang, Britain) A drunken spree.
- (Internet, slang) A newbie.
- (informal, typically used in the plural) A buttock.
SynonymsEdit
- (hairstyle): French roll
Derived termsEdit
- (hairstyle): Princess Leia bun
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Terms derived from bun
TranslationsEdit
A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced
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A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head
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newbie — see newbie
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Etymology 2Edit
From bunny?
NounEdit
bun (plural buns)
Etymology 3Edit
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
VerbEdit
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
- Eye dialect spelling of burn.
AnagramsEdit
AlbanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Albanian *bhunā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- ‘to be wake, keep watch’.
NounEdit
bun f
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AromanianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.
AdjectiveEdit
bun m (feminine bunã)
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DalmatianEdit
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bun m (genitive singular buin, nominative plural bunanna)
- base, bottom
- stock, stump, trunk
- lower end
- extremity
- basis, origin, foundation
- basic provision
- settled state
- source, direction
- trace
- (card games) score required to win game
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bun
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MutationEdit
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| bun | bhun | mbun |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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ReferencesEdit
- "bun" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “1 bun” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
JapaneseEdit
LigurianEdit
LojbanEdit
Old FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon
DeclensionEdit
Declension of bun
Old IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Celtic [Term?], from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn̥. Cognate with Old English botm (English bottom), Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna), Latin fundus, Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)
DescendantsEdit
MutationEdit
| Old Irish mutation | ||
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| bun | bun pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
mbun |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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ReferencesEdit
- “1 bun” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).
AdjectiveEdit
bun m, n (feminine singular bună, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)
DeclensionEdit
declension of bun
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Etymology 2Edit
Either from the above word or from a Vulgar Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Indo-European root as avus. (Compare the diminutive avunculus, avonculus), probably influenced by or confused with bonus. Compare also Friulian von (“grandfather”), Calabrian and Piedmontese bona ("grandmother") [1].
NounEdit
bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bună)
- (uncommon) grandfather
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Scottish GaelicEdit
EtymologyEdit
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NounEdit
bun m (genitive buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)
- bottom, base, foundation
- butt, stub
Derived termsEdit
- bun-os-cionn - upside down
- bun-reachd - constitution (politics)
- bun-sgoil - primary school
- bun-stòr - primary source
- dèan bun no bàrr - make head or tail
SomaliEdit
Tok PisinEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
bun
- (anatomy) bone
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:21 (translation here):
- Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:21 (translation here):
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