English Explanatory Dictionary

bun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Senses referring to baked goods.
  2. A small bread roll that is sweetened or spiced.
  3. A bread roll that is served with a savoury filling such as a hamburger or hot dog.
  4. Any bread roll.
  5. A cupcake.
  6. A roll of hair worn at the back of the head.
  7. A drunken spree.
  8. A newbie.
  9. A young girl or woman.
  10. A buttock.
  11. The vagina.
verb
  1. To form (the hair) into a bun.
noun
  1. Clipping of bunny (“rabbit”).
  2. A bunny: a rabbit.
  3. A squirrel.
  4. The scut or tail of a hare.
  5. A dry stalk.
verb
  1. To smoke cannabis.
  2. To shoot.
  3. To forget.
noun
  1. marijuana cigarette, joint
noun
  1. A Korean unit of length equivalent to about 0.3 cm.
noun
  1. Initialism of blood urea nitrogen.
name
  1. A surname from Khmer.

Pronunciation

/bʌn/ En-au-bun.ogg /bʊn/

Word forms

bun buns bunn bunning bunned p'un pun

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

hair bun chignon bun-bun

Derived words

bao bun Bath bun biscuit bun black bun Boston bun bun fight bun-fight bunhead bun-headed bun in the oven bunless bunlike bunny bun stock burger bun Burlington bun Chelsea bun chip bun chow mein bun cinnamon bun cop the bun couldn't organise a bun fight in a bakery cream bun currant bun finger bun fun in a bun fun on a bun have a bun in the oven honeybun honey bun horse bun hot cross bun hot dog bun Kitchener bun man bun occipital bun penny bun pineapple bun rock bun rockbun sticky bun sea-bun

Translations

Afrikaans: bolletjie Afrikaans: broodrolletjie Albanian: simite Arabic: كَعْكَة Arabic: كحكة Armenian: բուլկի Azerbaijani: qoğal Azerbaijani: kökə Azerbaijani: bulka Basque: opil Belarusian: бу́лачка Belarusian: бу́лка Belarusian: са́йка Bulgarian: ки́фла Bulgarian: сими́д Catalan: panellet Catalan: pasta Catalan: brioix Catalan: llesca Chinese: бозы Chinese: 包仔 Chinese: 麭 /𮮆 Chinese Mandarin: 小圓麵包 /小圆面包 Chinese Mandarin: 饅頭 /馒头 Chinese Mandarin: 饃 /馍 Chinese Mandarin: 包子 Chinese Mandarin: 小麵包 /小面包 Cornish: torthell Czech: žemle Dalmatian: pizaraul Dalmatian: pizariaul Danish: bolle Dutch: bolletje Dutch: broodje Dutch: bol Esperanto: bulko Estonian: kukkel Faroese: bolli Finnish: pulla French: petit pain Galician: bolo Galician: penla Galician: poia Galician: petada Galician: cornecho Georgian: ფუნთუშა German: Brötchen German: Hefestück German: Weck German: Teilchen German: Semmel Hebrew: לחמנייה \ לַחְמָנִיָּה Hindi: रोटी Hindi: छोटी मीठी ब्रेड Hungarian: zsemle Icelandic: bolla Irish: borróg Irish: pocaid Italian: panino Italian: pagnotta Italian: rosetta Italian: sfilatino Italian: michetta Japanese: バン Japanese: ロールパン Korean: 흰 빵 Korean: 롤빵 Latvian: maizīte Latvian: bulciņa Lithuanian: bandelė Lithuanian: ragelis Macedonian: земичка Macedonian: лепче Manx: bunnag Manx: bonnag Navajo: bááh nímazí Navajo: bááh nímazí ʼałtsʼáálgizhígíí Norman: ban'se Norwegian Bokmål: bolle Norwegian Nynorsk: bolle
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