cun

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To know.
verb
  1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”).
noun
  1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Pronunciation

/kʌn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cun.wav /kʊn/ /tsuːn/

Word forms

cun cuns cunning cunned tsun

Etymology

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.

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