bun

• IPA^(key): /bʌn/

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

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.

• bunn (archaic)

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.

      Coordinate term: cake

   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.

      Coordinate term: cake

   8. (Northern England, Ireland) A cupcake.

      Coordinate term: cake

3. A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.

   Synonym: hair bun

   Hyponyms: French roll; man-bun

   loose bun;   messy bun;   tight 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.

4. (British, slang) A drunken spree.
5. (Internet slang) A newbie.
6. (Canada, US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A buttock.

   nice buns;   tight buns

7. (slang) The vagina.
   • 1996, Richard Sandomir, Life for Real Dummies: A Reference for the Totally Clueless‎^[1], page 5:

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

   • 2015, Rachelle Ayala, Whole Latte Love‎^[2], 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.

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

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.

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

Probably from Scots bun (“tail of a rabbit or hare”), which is probably from Scottish Gaelic bun (“bottom, butt, stump, stub”).^[1]

bun (plural buns)

1. Clipping of bunny: a rabbit. (sometimes reduplicated.)

   She brought home two new buns to join the menagerie!

   C'm'ere and get some hay, you little bun-bun!

2. (dialect, archaic, nonclipped) A bunny: a rabbit.
3. (dialect, archaic) A squirrel.
4. (dialect, archaic) The scut or tail of a hare.
5. (dialect, archaic) A dry stalk.

Caribbean pronunciation of burn.

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^[3], 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

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

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

• p'un, pun

bun (plural buns or bun)

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

• nub

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

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbun/ [ˈbʊn]
• Hyphenation: bun

bún m (plural buunitté f)

1. (Northern Afar) coffee

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

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

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

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

   Synonyms: kasolle, kolibe

• bunu

From Latin bonus. Compare Daco-Romanian bun.

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

1. good

• IPA^(key): /βun/

bun

1. bread, bun

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

From Latin bonus.

bun m (feminine buna)

1. good

Borrowed from Arabic بُنّ (bunn).

bun

1. coffee

From Old Irish bun (“the thick end of anything, base, butt, foot”),^[1] from Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /bˠʊn̪ˠ/^[2]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /bˠʊn/, /bˠɞn/^[3]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /bˠʌnˠ/, /bˠʌn̪ˠ/^[4]

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

• stoc

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “bun”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “bun”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “bun”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

bun

1. Rōmaji transcription of ぶん

From Latin bonus.

bun

1. good

From Latin bonus. Compare Aromanian bun, Romanian bun.

bun

1. good

• rǫu

• bini

bun

1. Alternative form of boun

bun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular bune)

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of bon

From Proto-Celtic *bonus. Cognate with Welsh bôn.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /bun/

bun m (genitive bona, nominative plural bonai)

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

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

• IPA^(key): /bun/

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Inherited from Latin bonus, from Old Latin duenos, later duonus, from Proto-Italic *dwenos. Doublet of bon, bonă, and bonus.

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.

• bunătate

bun n (plural bunuri)

1. good, asset, possession

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”).^[1]

bun m (plural buni, feminine equivalent bună)

1. (uncommon) grandfather

   Synonym: bunic

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

• IPA^(key): /pun/

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

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

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “bun”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 bun”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

bun ?

1. coffee

Borrowed from Portuguese bom.

bun

1. good

bun

1. very, rather

bun

1. Romanization of 𒇌 (bun)

From English bone.

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

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

bun

1. distress

• IPA^(key): /bũ̀/

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

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