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bun
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?n/
- Rhymes: -?n
Etymology 1
From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?en??- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.
Alternative forms
- bunn (archaic)
Noun
bun (plural buns)
- A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
- A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
- Synonyms: hair bun, French roll
- Hyponym: messy bun
- (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
- (slang, Britain) A drunken spree.
- (Internet, slang) A newbie.
- (informal, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
- (informal) vagina
- 1996 Richard Sandomir Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless page 5
- How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?
- 2015 Rachelle Ayala Whole Latte Love page 169
- Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?
- 2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13
- I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.
- 1996 Richard Sandomir Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless page 5
Synonyms
- cake
Derived terms
- (hairstyle): Princess Leia bun
- (hairstyle): man-bun
Translations
Further reading
- Bun (bread roll) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bun (hairstyle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).
Noun
bun (plural buns)
- (dialect, archaic) A rabbit or sometimes a squirrel.
Etymology 3
Caribbean pronunciation of burn.
Verb
bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)
- (Caribbean and MLE, slang) To smoke cannabis.
- (MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) To shoot.
- 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"
- Don't care about your crew, bun them anyday
- 2011, Jme, "Mike Lowery"
- Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonna bun me?
- 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"
Noun
bun (plural buns)
- (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
Etymology 4
From the Revised Romanization of Korean ? (bun), from Chinese ? (“fen”). Doublet of fen.
Alternative forms
- p'un, pun
Noun
bun (plural buns or bun)
- (Korean units of measure) A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
References
Anagrams
- nub
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *bhun?. Compare Illyrian *bounon. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?ewd?- (“to be wake, keep watch”).
Noun
bun m (indefinite plural bune, definite singular buni, definite plural bunet)
- hut (of mountain shepherds), chalet, fenced area (for cattle)
- Synonyms: kasolle, kolibe
Declension
Related terms
Aromanian
Alternative forms
- bunu
Etymology
From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.
Adjective
bun m (feminine bunã, plural bunj, feminine plural buni or bune)
- good
Derived terms
Related terms
Chibcha
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?un/
Noun
bun
- bread, bun
References
- Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin bonus.
Adjective
bun m (feminine buna)
- good
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /b??n?/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /b??n?/
Noun
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
Declension
Synonyms
- stoc
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- Entries containing “bun” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “bun” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
References
- "bun" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Japanese
Romanization
bun
- R?maji transcription of ??
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin bonus.
Adjective
bun
- good
Old French
Adjective
bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon
Declension
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bun/
Noun
bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)
- base
- bottom
- butt
- end
Inflection
Descendants
Mutation
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bun/
Etymology 1
From Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”).
Adjective
bun m or n (feminine singular bun?, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)
- good
- Antonym: r?u
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- bun?tate
Noun
bun n (plural bunuri)
- good, asset, possession
Declension
Etymology 2
Either from the above word or from a Vulgar Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Proto-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”) .
Noun
bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bun?)
- (uncommon) grandfather
- Synonym: bunic
Derived terms
References
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pun/
Noun
bun m (genitive singular buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)
- bottom, base, foundation
- butt, stub
Derived terms
Mutation
References
- “bun” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Somali
Noun
bun ?
- coffee
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese bom.
Adjective
bun
- good
Adverb
bun
- very, rather
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English bone.
Noun
bun
- (anatomy) bone
bun From the web:
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bunn
English
Noun
bunn (plural bunns)
- Archaic form of bun (“sweetened bread roll”).
- 1816, Joshua E. White, Letters on England
- Such is the general hurry and confusion in the principal streets, such as Castle Street, Lord Street, Pool Lane, Paradise Street, &c. that often passengers take up a bunn, a cake, or some fruit, as they pass the shop of a confectioner or fruit-seller, without stopping, and throw in the pay without inquiring the price.
- 1856, Lucius Manlius Sargent, Dealings with the Dead (volume 2, page 472)
- "Oh," she replied, "when I came to think of it, I saw, that you were right. I thought, 'twas quite likely it would draw a blank. Crust, the baker, offered me what I gave for it, and a sheet of bunns, to boot, and I let him have it, three weeks ago. […]
- 1816, Joshua E. White, Letters on England
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- botn (Nynorsk also)
Etymology
From Danish bund, Old Danish botn, from Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz. Doublet of botn.
Noun
bunn m (definite singular bunnen, indefinite plural bunner, definite plural bunnene)
- bottom (lowermost part)
Derived terms
References
- “bunn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
bunn From the web:
- what bunnies eat
- what bunnies stay small
- what bunnies can't eat
- what bunny breed should i get
- what bunnies do
- what bunny should i get quiz
- what bunny walks on two legs
- what bunnies need
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