alun

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See also: Alun, ałun, and alún

Finnish

Noun

alun

  1. genitive singular of alku

Derived terms

Further reading

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.lœ̃/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -œ̃
  • Hyphenation: a‧lun

Noun

alun m (plural aluns)

  1. alum

Derived terms

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay alun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

Noun

alun

  1. wave

Javanese

Romanization

alun

  1. Romanization of ꦲꦭꦸꦤ꧀

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈalun/
  • Hyphenation: a‧lun

Noun

álun

  1. wave

Derived terms

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun.

Noun

alun (Jawi spelling الون, plural alun-alun, informal 1st possessive alunku, 2nd possessive alunmu, 3rd possessive alunnya)

  1. wave
    Synonyms: ombak, gelombang

Verb

alun

  1. to roll, to swell

Derived terms

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “الن aloen”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 18
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “الن alun”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 32
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “alun”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 21

Further reading

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Old French alum.

Noun

alun m (plural aluns)

  1. alum

Descendants

  • English: alum
  • French: alun

References

  • alun on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (alun, supplement)

Old French

Noun

alun oblique singular, m (oblique plural aluns, nominative singular aluns, nominative plural alun)

  1. Alternative form of alum

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun. Cognate with Malay mengalun.

Noun

alun

  1. long rolling wave
  2. swell of the sea

Romanian

alun

Etymology

Back-formation from alună (“hazelnut”).

Noun

alun m (plural aluni)

  1. hazel (tree Corylus avellana)

Declension

Declension of alun
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) alun alunul (niște) aluni alunii
genitive/dative (unui) alun alunului (unor) aluni alunilor
vocative alunule alunilor

Synonyms

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

alun n or c

  1. (uncountable) alum

Declension

Declension of alun
nominative genitive
singular indefinite alun aluns
definite alunet alunets
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
Declension of alun
nominative genitive
singular indefinite alun aluns
definite alunen alunens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

References

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