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Yes. The word bun is a Scrabble US word. The word bun is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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B3U1N1

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3-letter words (2 found)

BUN,NUB,

2-letter words (2 found)

NU,UN,

You can make 4 words from bun according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of bun

bun ubn bnu nbu unb nub

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Definitions and meaning of bun

bun

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʌn/
  • (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

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
  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.
    • 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.

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

Noun

bun (plural buns)

  1. (Caribbean and MLE, slang) marijuana cigarette, joint

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/, [ˈbʊn]
  • 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

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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/

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]‎[4], 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

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


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