different between cun vs cue

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnan? (“to know”). Doublet of con.

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. (obsolete) To know.

Related terms

• cunning

Etymology 2

See conn, cond.

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)

Etymology 3

From Chinese ?.

Alternative forms

• tsun

Noun

cun (plural cuns or cun)

1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Anagrams

• NUC, UNC, nuc, unc

Azerbaijani

Noun

cun (definite accusative cunu, plural cunlar)

1. (Quba) thorn

   Synonym: tikan

Declension

Further reading

• “cun” in Obastan.com.

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• kun, cuon, kuon

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

cun m

1. dog

Friulian

Alternative forms

• cu

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a”)

Contraction

cun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)

1. with a, with one

Further reading

• “cun, cunha” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Istriot

Alternative forms

• cu’ (apocopic)
• con

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

Ladin

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. (Gherdëina) with
2. (Badia) Alternative form of con

Leonese

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“next to, at, with, along”).

Preposition

cun

1. with

Usage notes

When followed by an article, cun is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

• ?cun + ?el ? ?cul
• ?cun + ?la ? ?cuna
• ?cun + ?lu ? ?cunu
• ?cun + ?los ? ?cunos
• ?cun + ?las ? ?cunas

References

• AEDLL

Mandarin

Romanization

cun

1. Nonstandard spelling of c?n.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cún.
3. Nonstandard spelling of c?n.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cùn.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

1. with

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin cum (“with”), from Proto-Italic *kom, from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“next to, at, with, along”). Compare Italian con, Portuguese com, Spanish con, Romanian cu, Sicilian cu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kun/

Preposition

cun

1. with

Somali

Verb

cun

1. eat

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kju?/, [kj???]
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: queue, Q

Etymology 1

From Middle English cu (“half a farthing”), spelled form of q, abbreviation for Latin quadr?ns (“quarter of an as”).

Noun

cue (plural cues)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter Q.

Translations

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Etymology 2

From earlier qu, abbreviation of Latin quand? (“when”), marked on actor's play copy where they were to begin.

Noun

cue (plural cues)

1. An action or event that is a signal for somebody to do something.
2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next actor to speak; any word or words which serve to remind an actor to speak or to do something; a catchword.
3. A hint or intimation.
   • 1731, Jonathan Swift, Directions to Servants

     Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house.

4. (obsolete) Humour; temper of mind.
5. (obsolete, Britain, universities) A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing and noted with a q (for Latin quadrans farthing) in the buttery books.

Derived terms

• cue card
• cue-to-cue
• on cue
• right on cue
• sensory cue

Translations

Verb

cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued)

1. To give someone a cue signal.

   Cue the cameraman, and action!
2. (by extension) To spark or provoke.

Usage notes

This is often used in the imperative.

Etymology 3

Variant of queue, from French queue (“tail”).

Noun

cue (plural cues)

1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) A straight tapering stick used to hit the balls in various games.
2. (obsolete) The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

Derived terms

• cue ball

Translations

Verb

cue (third-person singular simple present cues, present participle cueing or cuing, simple past and past participle cued)

1. (sports, billiards, snooker, pool) To take aim on the cue ball with the cue and hit it.
2. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Synonyms

• cue up

References

Further reading

• cue in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• cue in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• ECU, Ecu., UCE, ecu, écu

Classical Nahuatl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??/

Interjection

cue

1. (mild exclamation)

Ik

Noun

cue

1. water; liquid

Further reading

• Terrill Schrock, On whether 'Dorobo' was a fourth Kuliak language, in Studies in African Linguistics, volume 44, number 1 (2015) (gives pronunciation: [t??e?])
• Terrill Schrock, The Ik Language (2017)

Old French

Alternative forms

• coe
• queue

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin c?da, from Latin cauda.

Noun

cue f (oblique plural cues, nominative singular cue, nominative plural cues)

1. tail (of an animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: queu, cueue
  • French: queue
  • English: queue, cue (partly through Anglo-Norman)

References

• cowe on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub