bun

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bʌn/
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Etymology

Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Frankish *bungo ("lump, clump") (compare Dutch bonk (“clump, clot, cluster of fruits”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkōn, *bungōn. 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

Bulgarian: кифла (bg) f., симид (bg) m. Chinese: 小圆面包, 馒头, 馍 Dungan: бозы Finnish: pulla (fi) Hungarian: zsemle (hu) Macedonian: земичка (mk) (zémička) f. Norwegian: bolle (no) m.

Polish: drożdżówka (pl) f. Russian: булочка (ru) (búločka) f. Scottish Gaelic: bonnach (gd) m. Serbian: zemička f. Spanish: bollo (es) Swedish: bulle (sv) c. Volapük: bodül (vo)

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

Bulgarian: кок (bg) m. Chinese: 髻 Esperanto: hartubero (eo) Finnish: nuttura (fi) French: chignon (fr) m. Hungarian: konty (hu)

Ido: chiniono (io) Italian: crocchia (it) f. Macedonian: пунџа (mk) (púndža) f. Portuguese: coque (pt) m. Romani: kilka f. Spanish: rodete (es) m.

A drunken spree

French: biture (fr)

A newbie

Finnish: nyyppä (fi), aloittelija (fi)

French: néophyte (fr) m. and f., béotien (fr) m.

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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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Anglo-Norman

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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Aromanian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

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.

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

Declension

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

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.

Synonyms

• stoc

Derived terms

• bun-
• bunaigh
• bunú
• bunús

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Japanese

Noun

bun (hiragana ぶん)

1. 分: part; share
2. 文: sentence, writings

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Lojban

Rafsi

bun

1. Rafsi of bruna.

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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. (rare) 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

Noun

bun

1. (anatomy) bone