different between pun vs zeugma

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: p?n, IPA^(key): /p?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, p?nian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *pun?n? (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.

Verb

pun (third-person singular simple present puns, present participle punning, simple past and past participle punned)

1. (transitive) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
2. (intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

Noun

pun (plural puns)

1. A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

   Synonyms: paronomasia, play on words

   Hypernym: joke

   Hyponym: antanaclasis

   • Austen was likely referring to flogging or spanking, then common naval punishments, known as le vice anglais.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean ? (bun), from Chinese ? (“fen”)

Noun

pun (plural puns or pun)

1. (Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun: a Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

Anagrams

• N-up, NPU, UPN, nup

Chuukese

Conjunction

pun

1. because

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• puan
• pen (Ragusan dialect)

Etymology

From Latin p?nis, p?nem.

Noun

pun m

1. (Vegliot) bread

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /pon/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /p?n/
• Rhymes: -on

Adverb

pun (Jawi spelling ????)

1. also
2. even

Synonyms

• juga

Related terms

• -pun

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pun]

Verb

pun

1. first-person singular present indicative of pune
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of pune
3. third-person plural present indicative of pune

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?ln?, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *píl?nas, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûn/

Adjective

p?n (definite p?n?, Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. full, filled
2. fleshy, plump
3. full, complete
4. occupied (of room)

Declension

Spanish

Noun

pun m (uncountable)

1. (onomatopoeia) the sound of discharging a firearm

   Synonym: pum

2. (onomatopoeia, vulgar) the sound of flatulence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (zeûgma, “yoking; a bond, a band”), from ???????? (zeúgnumi, “to yoke; to join”), from ?????? (zeûgos, “a yoke”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zju??.m?/, /?zu??.m?/

Noun

zeugma (plural zeugmata or zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) The act of using a word, particularly an adjective or verb, to apply to more than one noun when its sense is appropriate to only one.
2. (rhetoric) Syllepsis.
   • 1963 July, Fred Sommers, Types and Ontology, in The Philosophical Review, Volume LXXII, Bobbs-Merrill Reprint Series in Philosophy, page 343,

     The existence of zeugmas suggests the rule of transitivity. Zeugmas appear incorrect because they embody an allegedly univocal use of a term in a way which violated^[sic] the rule of transitivity.

   • 2008, Amanda Holton, The Sources of Chaucer's Poetics, page 104,

     Thus I would describe 'He took his leave and the wrong umbrella' as zeugma, but not 'He took his hat and umbrella'. Zeugma is an important element in Chaucer's poetic technique, not because he uses it, but because he so regularly turns it down.

Usage notes

Some writers distinguish between zeugma and syllepsis, while others do not.

Hypernyms

• brachylogy

Coordinate terms

• syllepsis

Related terms

• diazeugma
• hypozeugma
• mesozeugma
• prozeugma
• protozeugma

Translations

See also

• zeugma on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?z?w?.m?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?z?w?.ma/

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmes)

1. zeugma

Czech

Noun

zeugma n

1. zeugma

Further reading

• zeugma in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• zeugma in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
• zeugma in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ?????? (zeûgma). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?zœy??.ma?/
• Hyphenation: zeug?ma

Noun

zeugma n (plural zeugmata or zeugma's, diminutive zeugmaatje n)

1. zeugma

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zø?.ma/

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

1. zeugma

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?z?w.?ma/
• Hyphenation: zèug?ma

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmi)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ?????? (zeûgma, “bond; yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?zeu??.ma/, [?d??z??u??mä]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /?zeu??.ma/, [?zeu??ma]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?d?zeu??.ma/, [?d??z??u??m?]

Noun

zeugma n (genitive zeugmatis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) zeugma

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

References

• zeugma in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• zeugma in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• zeugma in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• zeugma in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• zeugma in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• zeugma in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?zew?(i).m?/

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Derived terms

• zeugmático

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ze??ma/
• Hyphenation: ze?ug?ma

Noun

zeùgma f (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. zeugma

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ceugma (rare)

Etymology

From Latin zeugma, from Ancient Greek ?????? (zeûgma, “bond, yoking”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /??eu?ma/, [??eu???.ma]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /?seu?ma/, [?seu???.ma]

Noun

zeugma m (plural zeugmas)

1. (rhetoric) zeugma

Derived terms

• zeugmático