cun

See also: cún, cùn, cūn, cǔn, čun, çun, and çûn

English

Etymology 1

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

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

  1. (obsolete) To know.

Etymology 2

See conn, cond.

Verb

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

  1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)

Etymology 3

Chinese 寸

Alternative forms

Noun

cun (plural cuns or cun)

  1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

Anagrams

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

cun m

  1. dog

Friulian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

  1. with

Galician

Etymology

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a, one”)

Contraction

cun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)

  1. with a, with one

Istriot

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

  1. with
    • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:
      Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.
      Dear, with that little white and red face.

Ladin

Preposition

cun

  1. (Badia) Alternative form of con

Mandarin

Romanization

cun

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cūn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cún.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cǔn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of cùn.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mirandese

Etymology

From Latin cum.

Preposition

cun

  1. with

Somali

Verb

cun

  1. eat
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