Mun in Scrabble Dictionary

Valid words made from Mun

You can make 5 words from 'mun' in our Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

• 3 letters words from 'mun'
• 2 letters words from 'mun'

3 letters words from 'mun'

MUN 5

2 letters words from 'mun'

MU 4	NU 2
UM 4	UN 2

Definitions and meaning of mun

mun

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʌn/

Etymology 1

From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

Alternative forms

• maun

Verb

mun

1. (dialect, Northern English, modal auxiliary, defective) Must.

References

Etymology 2

From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; compare mouth

Noun

mun (plural muns)

1. (obsolete, dialect) The mouth, jaw.

Etymology 3

Noun

mun

1. (Britain, dialect) man

Pronoun

mun

1. (Britain, dialect, Devon, Somerset, obsolete) them
   • 1746, Exmoor Courtship 1879 edition[2], page 50:

     tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun

References

Etymology 4

Clipping of mundane.

Noun

mun (plural muns)

1. (role-playing games, Internet slang) The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:mun.

Synonyms

• roleplayer, RPer

Anagrams

• Num., nmu, num, num.

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Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin manus.

Noun

mun f

1. (anatomy) hand

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Finnish

Pronoun

mun

1. (colloquial) Genitive form of mä.
2. (dialectal) Accusative form of mä.

See also

• minun

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Gothic

Romanization

mun

1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽

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Icelandic

Verb

mun

1. singular first-person present indicative of munu

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Inari Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

1. I

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[6], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Irish

Contraction

mun

1. Contraction of um + an.

Mutation

Further reading

• "mun" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *ʔmun (“illness, pain”). Cognate with White Hmong mob and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] mb.

Noun

mun 

1. pain

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Middle English

Verb

mun

1. Alternative form of mone (“shall”)

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Northern Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈmun/

Pronoun

mun

1. I

Inflection

See also

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[7], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

mun

1. present tense of muna

Etymology 2

From Old Norse munr, from Proto-Germanic *muniz.

Noun

mun m (definite singular munen, indefinite plural muner, definite plural munene)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 1938; superseded by mon

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Old Norse

Verb

mun

1. inflection of munu:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present active indicative
   2. second-person singular present active imperative

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Polish

Etymology

Perhaps from Vietnamese (cánh) mỏng.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun/

Noun

mun m inan (indeclinable)

1. (colloquial) Mun mushroom

Further reading

• mun in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• mun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Scots

Verb

mun

1. (modal auxiliary, defective) Alternative form of maun
   • 1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village

     Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Fro mu + an.

Preposition

mun

1. about the, about their, about my, about whom, about which
2. concerning the, concerning their, concerning my, concerning whom, concerning which

See also

• mu

Further reading

• “mun” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English moon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mun/

Noun

mun

1. moon
2. month

Related terms

• munde

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Sumerian

Romanization

mun

1. Romanization of 𒁵 (mun)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish munder, from Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɵn/, [mɵnː]

Noun

mun c

1. (anatomy) a mouth

Declension

Related terms

References

• mun in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

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Ter Sami

Etymology

From Proto-Samic *monë.

Pronoun

mun

1. I

Further reading

• Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎^[8], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

1. moon
2. month

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology

From English moon.

Noun

mun

1. moon

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ɓuːɲ (“ashes”); cognate with Muong bunh.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mun˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mun˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [mʊwŋ͡m˧˧]

Noun

mun • (椚)

1. (North Central Vietnam) ashes
2. (botany) ebony

Synonyms

• tro; gio

Adjective

mun • (椚)

1. (of a cat, otherwise rare) black

   Synonym: đen

See also

• mực
• ô

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Volapük

Noun

mun (nominative plural muns)

1. moon (planetary satellite)

Declension

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Welsh

Noun

mun

1. (slang) equivalent to the man in English, as in you, you man, you bloke, dude, guy, mate

Source: wiktionary.org

• (dialect) a man.
  (source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)