bun

See also bún, bùn, bűn, bûn, bün, and BUN

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Etymology

From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Old Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungo (“lump, clump”), from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“clump, lump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”). More at bunch.

Noun

bun (plural buns)

1. A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced.
2. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
3. (slang, UK) A drunken spree.
4. (Internet, slang) A newbie.
5. (dialect, obsolete) A squirrel or rabbit.

Synonyms

• (hairstyle): French roll

Derived terms

• have a bun in the oven
• bun stock

Translations

A small bread roll, often sweetened or spiced

• Arabic: كعكة (ar) (kaʕka) f

  Egyptian Arabic: كحكة (kaḥka) f

• Bulgarian: кифла (bg) (kifla) f, симид (bg) (simid) m
• Chinese:

  Dungan: бозы (bozy) (Mandarin: 包子 (cmn) (bāozi))

  Mandarin: 小圓麵包 (cmn), 小圆面包 (cmn) (xiǎo yuán miànbāo), 饅頭 (cmn), 馒头 (cmn) (mántóu), 饃 (cmn), 馍 (cmn) (mó), 包子 (cmn) (bāozi)

• Danish: bolle (da) c
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• Faroese: bolli (fo) m
• Finnish: pulla (fi)
• French: friand (fr)
• German: Brötchen (de) n
• Hindi: रोटी (hi) (rōṭī), छोटी मीठी ब्रेड (hi) (chōṭī mīṭhī brēḍ)
• Hungarian: zsemle (hu)
• Interlingue: panette (ie)
• Japanese: バン (ja) (ban)

• Jèrriais: ban'se f
• Macedonian: земичка (mk) (zémička) f
• Manx: bunnag (gv) f, bonnag (gv) f
• Norwegian: bolle (no) m
• Polish: drożdżówka (pl) f
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• Russian: булочка (ru) (búločka) f, плюшка (ru) (pljúška) f
• Scottish Gaelic: bonnach (gd) m
• Serbian: zemička f
• Slovak: žemľa (sk) f
• Spanish: bollo (es)
• Swedish: bulle (sv) c
• Tamil: பொங்கியப்பம் (ta) (poṅkiyappam)
• Turkish: çörek (tr), hamburger ekmeği (tr)
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• Volapük: bodül (vo)

A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head

• Arabic:

  Egyptian Arabic: كحكة (kaḥka) f

• Bulgarian: кок (bg) (kok) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 髮髻 (cmn), 发髻 (cmn) (fàjì), 髻 (cmn) (jì)

• Dutch: knot (nl) m
• Esperanto: hartubero (eo)
• Finnish: nuttura (fi)
• French: chignon (fr) m
• German: Knoten (de) m, Haarknoten (de) m
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• Hungarian: konty (hu)
• Ido: chiniono (io)
• Italian: crocchia (it) f

• Japanese: 髷 (ja) (まげ, mage), (Japanese style, from Meiji era) 束髪 (ja) (そくはつ, sokuhatsu), お団子 (ja) (おだんご, odango), シニヨン (ja) (shiniyon)
• Jèrriais: chîngnon m
• Macedonian: пунџа (mk) (púndža) f
• Manx: doss (gv) m
• Portuguese: coque (pt) m
• Romani: kilka f
• Russian: пучок (ru) (pučók) m, узел (ru) (úzel) m, шиньон (ru) (šin’jón) m
• Spanish: rodete (es) m
• Telugu: సిగ (te) (siga)
• Turkish: topuz (tr)

A drunken spree

• French: biture (fr)

• Russian: попойка (ru) (popójka) f, пьянка (ru) (pʹjánka) f

newbie — see newbie

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• Spanish: chongo (es) m, moño (es) m

Verb

bun (third-person singular simple present buns, present participle bunning, simple past and past participle bunned)

1. (UK, slang) To smoke cannabis.

Anagrams

• nub

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bhunā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ- ‘to be wake, keep watch’.

Noun

bun f

1. hut (of mountain shepherds), chalet, fenced area (for cattle)

Related terms

• buj
• bujtinë

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• bunu

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.

Adjective

bun m (feminine bunã)

1. good

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun m (feminine buna)

1. good

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bun.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [bˠʊn̪ˠ]

Noun

bun m (genitive buin, nominative plural bunanna)

1. base
2. foundation
3. bottom
4. trunk

Declension

Declension of bun

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative bun bunanna Vocative a bhuin a bhunanna Genitive buin bunanna Dative bun bunanna

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an bun na bunanna Genitive an bhuin na mbunanna Dative leis an mbun don bhun leis na bunanna

Synonyms

• stoc

Derived terms

• bun-
• bunaigh
• bunaonad
• bunú
• bunús

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
bun	bhun	mbun
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Japanese

Romanization

bun

1. See ぶん

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Lojban

Rafsi

bun

1. rafsi of bruna.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• bon
• boun

Etymology

Latin bonus

Adjective

bun m (feminine bune)

1. good (positive)

Declension

  Declension of bun  

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	buns	bune	bun
	Oblique	bun	bune	bun
Plural	Subject	bun	bunes	bun
	Oblique	buns	bunes	bun

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-mn. Cognate with Old English botm (English bottom), Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna), Latin fundus, Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmēn).

Noun

bun m

1. base
2. bottom
3. butt
4. end

Descendants

• Irish: bun
• Manx: bun
• Scottish Gaelic: bun

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Romanian

Etymology 1

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun ^{4 nom/acc forms}

1. good

Declension

declension of bun

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bun		bună	buni	bune
	definite	bunul		buna	bunii	bunele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bun		bune	buni	bune
	definite	bunului		bunei	bunilor	bunelor

Antonyms

• rău

Derived terms

• nebun
• răzbuna

Related terms

• bunătate

Etymology 2

Either from the above word or from a Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Indo-European root as avus. (Cf. the diminutive avunculus, avonculus), probably influenced by or confused with bonus. Cf. also Calabrian and Piedmontese bona ("grandmother") .

Noun

bun m (plural buni; feminine equivalent bună)

1. (uncommon) grandfather

Synonyms

• bunic

Derived terms

• bună
• bunic, bunică

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bun.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [b̊un]

Noun

bun m (genitive buna or buin, plural buin or bunan)

1. bottom, base, foundation
2. butt, stub

Derived terms

• bun-os-cionn - upside down
• bun-reachd - constitution (politics)
• bun-sgoil - primary school
• bun-stòr - primary source
• dèan bun no bàrr - make head or tail

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English bone

Noun

bun

1. (anatomy) bone
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:21 (translation here):

     Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.

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