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3-letter words (1 found)

DUN,

2-letter words (2 found)

NU,UN,

You can make 3 words from dun according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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dun udn dnu ndu und nud

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Definitions and meaning of dun

dun

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʌn/
  • (Northern England) IPA(key): /dʊn/}
  • Rhymes: -ʌn
  • Homophones: done, Donn, Donne, Dunn, Dunne

Etymology 1

From Middle English dun, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-colored, brownish black”), from Proto-Germanic *dusnaz (“brown, yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Old Saxon dun (“brown, dark”), Old High German tusin (“ash-gray, dull brown, pale yellow, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard; duck”).

Alternative etymology derives the Old English word from Brythonic (compare Middle Welsh dwnn (“dark (red)”)), from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (compare Old Irish donn), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰews- (compare Old Saxon dosan (“chestnut brown”)). More at dusk.

Noun

dun (usually uncountable, plural duns)

  1. A brownish grey colour.
    Synonym: claybank
Translations

Adjective

dun (not comparable)

  1. Of a brownish grey colour.
Translations

Derived terms

See also

  • bawn
  • durmast oak
  • Appendix:Colors

Etymology 2

Unknown; perhaps a variant of din. Several sources suggest origin from Joe Dun, the name of a bailiff known for arresting debtors, but this is controversial.

Noun

dun (plural duns)

  1. (countable) A collector of debts, especially one who is insistent and demanding.
  2. An urgent request or demand of payment.
Translations

Verb

dun (third-person singular simple present duns, present participle dunning, simple past and past participle dunned)

  1. (transitive) To ask or beset a debtor for payment.
    • Folio Society 1973, p. 577:
  2. (transitive) To harass by continually repeating e.g. a request.
Derived terms
  • dun letter
Translations

Etymology 3

Uncertain; likely from the color.

Noun

dun (plural duns)

  1. (countable) A newly hatched, immature mayfly; a mayfly subimago.
  2. (countable, fishing) A fly made to resemble the mayfly subimago.
Synonyms
  • subimago
Translations

Etymology 4

From Irish dún or Scottish Gaelic dùn, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortress”). Cognate with Welsh dinas (“city”). Doublet of town.

Alternative forms

  • doon
  • dún

Noun

dun (plural duns)

  2. An ancient or medieval fortification; especially a hill-fort in Scotland or Ireland.
  3. (archaeology) A structure in the Orkney or Shetland islands or in Scotland consisting of a roundhouse surrounded by a circular wall; a broch.

Etymology 5

See do.

Verb

dun

  1. (nonstandard, informal) Eye dialect spelling of done: past participle of do
    Now, ya dun it!
  2. (nonstandard, informal) Pronunciation spelling of don't: contraction of do + not.

Etymology 6

Likely from the color of fish so prepared.

Verb

dun (third-person singular simple present duns, present participle dunning, simple past and past participle dunned)

  1. (transitive, dated) To cure, as codfish, by laying them, after salting, in a pile in a dark place, covered with saltgrass or a similar substance.

Etymology 7

See dune.

Noun

dun (plural duns)

  1. A mound or small hill.

Etymology 8

Imitative.

Interjection

dun

  1. Imitating a deep bass note, such as that found in suspenseful music.
Derived terms
  • dun dun dun

Etymology 9

Noun

dun (plural duns)

  1. Alternative form of dhoon (“Himalayan valley”)

See also

References

  • “dun”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • DNU, und

Bambara

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [dũ˦]

Verb

dun

  1. to eat

References

  • 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dun/ [d̪ũn]
  • Rhymes: -un
  • Hyphenation: dun

Verb

dun

  1. Informal second-person singular feminine (hik), taking third-person singular (hura) as direct object, present indicative form of izan.
  2. Feminine allocutive form of da.

Usage notes

Linguistically, this verb form can be seen as belonging to the reconstructed citation form edun instead of izan.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse dúnn (“down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːn/, [d̥uːˀn]

Noun

dun n (singular definite dunet, plural indefinite dun)

  1. down (soft, immature feathers)

Inflection

See also

  • “dun” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “dun” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
  • dun on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʏn/
  • Hyphenation: dun
  • Rhymes: -ʏn
  • Homophone: Dun

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch dunne, from Old Dutch *thunni, from Proto-West Germanic *þunnī, from Proto-Germanic *þunnuz. Cognate with English thin (Compare West-Flemish thinne).

Adjective

dun (comparative dunner, superlative dunst)

  1. thin, slender
  2. sparse
  3. (liquid) runny
Inflection
Antonyms
  • dicht, dik
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: dun
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: doni
  • Negerhollands: dun, din
  • → Aukan: deni, doin

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dun

  1. inflection of dunnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Galician

Etymology

From de (“of”) + un (“masculine singular indefinite article”).

Contraction

dun m (feminine dunha, masculine plural duns, feminine plural dunhas)

  1. Contraction of de un. From a; of a

Further reading

  • “dun, dunha” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

German

Alternative forms

  • duhn

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German duun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːn/

Adjective

dun (strong nominative masculine singular duner, comparative duner, superlative am dunsten)

  1. (colloquial, chiefly Northern Germany) drunk

Declension

Further reading

  • “dun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “dun” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “dun” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian dun, from Middle High German duon, from Old High German duon, from Proto-West Germanic *dōn, from Proto-Germanic *dōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-.

Cognate with German tun, Kölsch dunn and Luxembourgish doen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuːn/, /toːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn, -oːn
  • Hyphenation: dun

Verb

dun

  1. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) will; to be going (to do something); forms the future tense
  2. (auxiliary, with an infinitive) to be; forms the progressive aspect
  3. (transitive, with an accusative object) to put, to place, to add
    Synonym: stelle
  4. (intransitive, with an accusative object) to do

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

Kiput

Etymology

From Proto-North Sarawak *daqun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dahun (compare Malay daun).

Noun

dun

  1. leaf

Mandarin

Romanization

dun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of dūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of dǔn.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of dùn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse dúnn.

Noun

dun f or m (definite singular duna or dunen, indefinite plural duner, definite plural dunene)
dun n (definite singular dunet, indefinite plural dun, definite plural duna or dunene)

  1. down (soft, fine fluffy feathers)

References

  • “dun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “dun” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse dúnn m.

Noun

dun f or n (definite singular duna or dunet, indefinite plural duner or dun, definite plural dunene or duna)

  1. down (soft, fine fluffy feathers)

References

  • “dun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *dūnu, *dūnā (“sand dune”), possibly from Proto-Germanic *dūnaz (“heap, pile”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, fume, raise dust”); or alternatively a late borrowing from Proto-Celtic *dūnom from the same Proto-Indo-European source.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /duːn/

Noun

dūn f

  1. hill, mountain

Declension

Derived terms

  • ofdūne

Descendants

  • Middle English: doun, doune
    • English: down
    • Scots: doun, down

Old French

Etymology

From Latin donum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dun/

Noun

dun oblique singular, m (oblique plural duns, nominative singular duns, nominative plural dun)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of don

Old Irish

Article

dun

  1. Alternative form of don (“to/for the”)

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dúnn (“down”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dʉːn/

Noun

dun n

  1. down (soft, fine fluffy feathers)

Declension

Related terms

References

  • dun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German tun and English do.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dun/

Noun

dun (nominative plural duns)

  1. deed, action, act, doing

Declension

Derived terms

  • dunön

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /dɨ̞n/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /dɪn/

Noun

dun

  1. Soft mutation of tun (“tin”).

Mutation

Wolof

Noun

dun (definite form dun bi)

  1. island

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Cognates include Itsekiri yọ̀n, Olukumi yọ̀n, Ifè ɖɔ̃̀. Likely from the same root as yọ̀n and the /y/ alternatives.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dũ̀/

Verb

dùn

  1. to be sweet, to be pleasant
Usage notes
  • it induces a high tone syllable when followed by another verb, becoming dùn-ún and subcategorizes an embedded clause.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dũ̀/

Verb

dùn

  1. to hurt, to be painful (physically)
    egbò ń dùn mí ― The ulcer is hurting me
  2. to be painful (mentally)
    ó dùn mí pé ó kú ― It pained me that she died
Usage notes
  • dun before a direct object
Derived terms
  • ìdùn
  • adùn (“pain”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dṹ/

Verb

dún

  1. (transitive) to emit a sound
    ẹyẹ yìí dún ― This bird made a sound
Derived terms
  • ìdún (“sonority”)
  • adún (“sonorous”)

Source: wiktionary.org