different between stun vs saun

English

Etymology

From Middle English stunien, stonien, stounien, from Old English stunian (“to crash, make a loud sound, resound, roar, strike with a loud sound, dash, impinge, knock, confound, astonish, stupefy”), from Proto-Germanic *stun?n?, *stunjan? (“to sound, crash, bang, groan”), from Proto-Germanic *stenan? (“to moan, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tona-, *(s)tena- (“to thunder, roar, groan”) (compare thunder). Cognate with Middle Low German stonen (“to groan”), Middle High German stunen, stunden (“to drive, push, knock, strike”), Swedish stöna (“to moan, groan”), Icelandic stynja (“to moan”). Related also to Dutch steunen (“to groan; support”), German stöhnen (“to groan, moan”), German staunen (“to be astonished, be amazed, marvel at”), Russian ??????? (stonat?), ???????? (stenát?, “to moan, groan”). See also Occitan estonar, Old French estoner, English astonish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /st?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Verb

stun (third-person singular simple present stuns, present participle stunning, simple past and past participle stunned)

1. (transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.

   Bill tried to stun the snake by striking it on the head.

   In many European countries cattle have to be stunned before slaughtering.

2. (transitive) To shock or surprise.

   The celebrity was stunned to find herself confronted with unfounded allegiations on the front page of a newspaper.

   He stood there stunned, looking at the beautiful, breath-taking sunrise.

3. (snooker, billiards) To hit the cue ball so that it slides without topspin or backspin (and with or without sidespin) and continues at a natural angle after contact with the object ball

Translations

Noun

stun (countable and uncountable, plural stuns)

1. The condition of being stunned.
2. That which stuns; a shock; a stupefying blow.
3. (Newfoundland) A person who lacks intelligence.
4. (billiard, snooker, pool) The effect on the cue ball where the ball is hit without topspin, backspin or sidespin.

Translations

Anagrams

• NUTS, Unst, nuts, tsun, tuns

English

Noun

saun (plural sauns)

1. A male elephant that is not part of a herd; a rogue.
   • 1810, Decoy Elephants Catching a Male, in Enos Bronson (editor), Select Reviews of Literature, and Spirit of Foreign Magazines, Volume 3, page 123,

     Though on some occasions the mahouts accompany the koomkies up to the saun, yet it is safer, and generally the most sure and easy mode, for them to dismount in some contiguous cover with their blankets and ropes, leading the koomkies to the saun, towards which they proceed in the most cunning style.

Anagrams

• Anus, NSAU, Naus, UNAs, USAN, USNA, Unas, Usan, anus, añus, naus

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *sakna, possibly from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”), cognate with English stack, Old Norse stakkr (“stack”) and dialectal Swedish stake (“hearth, fireplace”). Possibly also from Proto-Germanic *s?pnaz (“a place of soap”). Cognate with Finnish sauna, Livvi saunu, Livonian s?na and Northern Sami suovdnji (“a pit dug in snow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?u?n/
• Rhymes: -?un

Noun

saun (genitive sauna, partitive sauna)

1. sauna
   1. A heated building or room made for sweating and washing.

   2. The act of using a sauna.

Declension

Derived terms

• saunik
• saunaline
• saunandus
• saunatama
• saunatamine
• saunataja
• saunakütja
• saunakütmine
• saunaminek
• saunaskäija
• saunaskäik

Related terms

• saunaviht
• aurusaun
• leilisaun
• suitsusaun
• veresaun

References

Middle English

Preposition

saun

1. Alternative form of saunz

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English sound.

Noun

saun

1. sound

Volapük

Noun

saun

1. health