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bunion
English
Alternative forms
- bunyon
- bunian, bunnion, bunnian (obsolete)
Etymology
From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjo (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?en??- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?nj?n/
- Rhymes: -?nj?n
- Homophone: Bunyan
Noun
bunion (plural bunions)
- (pathology) A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
- (colloquial, by extension) Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.
Translations
Further reading
- bunion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ??????? (boúnion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?bu?.ni.on/, [?bu?ni?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?bu.ni.on/, [?bu?ni?n]
Noun
b?nion n (genitive b?ni?); second declension
- a type of turnip, perhaps earthnut, Bunium ferulaceum
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
Related terms
- b?nias
- b?n?tus
Descendants
- Translingual: Bunium
References
- b?n?on in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- b?n??n in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 231/3
- “b?nion” on page 245/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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bunyon
English
Noun
bunyon (plural bunyons)
- Alternative spelling of bunion
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