bun

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʌn/

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• (Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /bʊn/}
• Rhymes: -ʌn

Etymology 1

From Middle English bunne (“wheat cake, bun”), from Anglo-Norman bugne (“bump on the head; fritter”), from Old French bugne (hence French beignet), from Frankish *bungjo (“little clump”), diminutive of *bungu (“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.

Alternative forms

• bunn (archaic)

Noun

Buns (sense 1.1)

A hamburger in a bun (sense 1.2)

Buns (sense 1.3)

A bun (sense 1.4)

bun (plural buns)

1. Senses referring to baked goods.
   2. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
   4. A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
   6. (Northern England, especially Northumbria) Any bread roll.
   8. (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.
2. A tight roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

   Synonyms: hair bun, French roll

   Hyponym: messy bun

   • 2021, Becky S. Li, Howard I. Maibach, Ethnic Skin and Hair and Other Cultural Considerations, page 154:

     The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings.

3. (British, slang) A drunken spree.
4. (Internet slang) A newbie.
5. (Canada, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.
6. (slang) The vagina.
   • 1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless‎, page 5:

     How 'bout I put my hot dog in your bun?

   • 2015, Rachelle Ayala, Whole Latte Love‎, page 169:

     Wait. I can touch your boobs, stick my wiener in your bun, but I can't kiss you?

   • 2019 Hot Blood, Hot Thoughts, Hot Deeds, Empire season 5 episode 13

     I'm just saying, you being a mama, it's time to clear the cobwebs. You know what I'm saying? Put a banana in the monkey. You know, hot dog in your bun.

Synonyms

• cake

Derived terms

(hairstyle): bun drop, Princess Leia bun, man-bun

Translations

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To form (the hair) into a bun.
   • 2014, A. A. Garrison, The Long Short Story: Novellas, page 39:

     Bunning her hair, she left her childhood bedroom for the hall.

Further reading

• Bun (bread roll) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bun (hairstyle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).

Noun

bun (plural buns) (dialect, archaic)

1. A rabbit.
2. A squirrel.
3. The scut or tail of a hare.
4. A dry stalk.

Etymology 3

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

Verb

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

1. (Caribbean, MLE and MTE, slang) To smoke cannabis.
2. (MLE, African-American Vernacular, slang) To shoot.
3. (MLE, slang) To forget.
   • 2004, MC Forcer, guest on Lethal Bizzle, "Pow!"

     Don't care about your crew, bun them any day

   • 2011, Jme, Mike Lowery:

     Some man acting dumb, think's he's a gun-man, wanna bring me drama. How you gonna bun me?

   • 2017, “Fire in the Booth”, performed by Taze, reused in ”Usual Suspects”:

     Look, come round, come round gunning, I still look try to bun him
     Don't chat on the net ’bout bunnin, oh my God why the fuck you runnin?

   • 2018, “Slatt Season”, in Sorry For The Get Off‎, performed by Drego & Beno, track 15:

     The K in the back, the glock in the front
     It’s one in the head, you know how we bun

Noun

bun (plural buns)

1. (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint
   • 2018, “Rolling Round”, HL8 and SimpzBeatz (music), performed by Sparko of OMH:

     Man say that they spray the fire
     I fuck that shit, I drop the bun

Etymology 4

From the Revised Romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (fèn, “fen”). Doublet of fen.

Alternative forms

• p'un, pun

Noun

bun (plural buns or bun)

1. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.

References

Anagrams

• nub

Afar

Alternative forms

• búun (Northern Afar)
• búna, buná (Southern Afar)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbun/,
• Hyphenation: bun

Noun

bún m (plural buunitté f)

1. (Northern Afar) coffee

Declension

References

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “bun”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bhunā. Compare Illyrian *bounon. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- (“to be wake, keep watch”).

Noun

bun m (plural bune, definite buni, definite plural bunet)

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

   Synonyms: kasolle, kolibe

Declension

Related terms

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• bunu

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.

Adjective

bun m (feminine bunã, plural bunj, feminine plural buni or bune)

1. good

Derived terms

Related terms

Chibcha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βun/

Noun

bun

1. bread, bun

References

• Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun m (feminine buna)

1. good

Girirra

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn).

Noun

bun

1. coffee

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠʊn̪ˠ/
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠʊn/, /bˠɞn/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠʌnˠ/, /bˠʌn̪ˠ/

Noun

bun m (genitive singular buin, nominative plural bunanna)

1. base, bottom
2. stump
3. lower end
4. basic provision
5. settled spell (of weather)
6. source

Declension

Synonyms

• stoc

Derived terms

Mutation

References

Further reading

• Entries containing “bun” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “bun” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Japanese

Romanization

bun

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶん

Ligurian

Etymology

From Latin bonus.

Adjective

bun

1. good

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin bonus. Compare Aromanian bun, Romanian bun.

Adjective

bun

1. good

Antonyms

• rǫu

See also

• bini

Middle English

Adjective

bun

1. Alternative form of boun

Old French

Adjective

bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon

Declension

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun/

Noun

bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)

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

Inflection

Descendants

Mutation

References

Further reading

• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun/

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos, from Proto-Indo-European *dew- (“to show favor, revere”). Doublet of bon, bonă, and bonus.

Adjective

bun m or n (feminine singular bună, masculine plural buni, feminine and neuter plural bune)

1. good

   Antonym: rău

   E un om bun, crede-mă. ― He is a good man, trust me.

   Sunt bun la fotbal. ― I am good at football.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• bunătate

Noun

bun n (plural bunuri)

1. good, asset, possession

Declension

Etymology 2

Either from the above word or from a Vulgar Latin *avunus, ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root as avus. (Compare the diminutive avunculus, avonculus), probably influenced by or confused with bonus. Compare also Friulian von (“grandfather”), Calabrian and Piedmontese bona (“grandmother”).

Noun

bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bună)

1. (uncommon) grandfather

   Synonym: bunic

Declension

Derived terms

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”), from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pun/

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Mutation

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Somali

Noun

bun ?

1. coffee

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese bom.

Adjective

bun

1. good

Adverb

bun

1. very, rather

Sumerian

Romanization

bun

1. Romanization of 𒇌 (bun)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English bone.

Noun

bun

1. (anatomy) bone
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:

     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.

     →New International Version translation

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish بوك (buñ), Proto-Turkic *buŋ. Cognate with Kazakh мұң (mūñ).

Noun

bun

1. distress

Derived terms

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bũ̀/

Verb

bùn

1. (transitive) to dash, to donate, to give away

   ó bùn mi ní owó ― He gave me money

2. (transitive) to gift, bless, or endow someone
3. (intransitive) to be gifted, endowed, or blessed with something

Usage notes

• Sense 1 is a verbal element that subcategorizes an NP-object (receiver) + ní + NP phrase
• bun before a direct object

Derived terms