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English

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Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: pŭn, IPA^(key): /pʌn/
(Northern England, Ireland) IPA^(key): /pʊn/
Rhymes: -ʌn
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.

Verb

pun (third-person singular simple present puns, present participle punning, simple past and past participle punned)

(transitive, obsolete) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:
  He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.
(intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.
We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

Translations

Spanish: alburear (es)

Noun

pun (plural puns)

A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
Synonyms: paronomasia, play on words

Hypernym: joke

Hyponym: antanaclasis

The pun is the lowest form of wit.
- 1814 May 9, [Jane Austen], chapter VI, in Mansfield Park: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 124:
  "Certainly, my home at my uncle's brought me acquainted with a circle of admirals. Of Rears, and Vices, I saw enough. Now do not be suspecting me of a pun, I entreat."
  Austen was likely referring to flogging or spanking, then common naval punishments, known as le vice anglais.

Derived terms

Translations

joke or type of wordplay

Albanian: kalambur (sq) m, lojë fjalësh f
Arabic: لُعْبَة اَلْكَلِمَات f (laʕbat al-kalimāt), جِنَاس m (jinās)
Armenian: բառախաղ (hy) (baṙaxaġ)
Belarusian: каламбур m (kalambur), гульня слоў f (hulʹnja sloŭ)
Bulgarian: игрословица (igroslovica), каламбур (bg) m (kalambur)
Catalan: joc de paraules (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雙關語 / 双关语 (zh) (shuāngguānyǔ), 俏皮話 / 俏皮话 (zh) (qiàopihuà)
Czech: slovní hříčka f
Danish: ordspil n
Dutch: woordspeling (nl) f, woordgrapje (nl) n
Esperanto: kalemburo, vortludo
Finnish: sanaleikki (fi)
French: calembour (fr) m, jeu de mots (fr) m
Georgian: კალამბური (ḳalamburi), ზმა (zma)
German: Wortspiel (de) n, Kalauer (de) m
Greek: λογοπαίγνιο (el) n (logopaígnio)
Hebrew: מִשְׂחַק מִלִּים (misḥáq milím), לָשׁוֹן נוֹפֵל עַל לָשׁוֹן (he) (lashón nofél 'al lashón)
Hungarian: szójáték (hu), szóvicc (hu)
Icelandic: orðaleikur m
Ido: kalemburo (io)
Irish: imeartas focal m
Italian: gioco di parole m, bisticcio (it) m, freddura (it) f
Japanese: 駄洒落 (ja) (ダジャレ, だじゃれ, dajare), 洒落 (ja) (シャレ, しゃれ, share), 語呂合わせ (ja) (ごろあわせ, goroawase)
Korean: 말장난 (ko) (maljangnan)
Macedonian: каламбур m (kalambur), игра на зборови f (igra na zborovi)
Malay: jenakata
Maori: kupu angarua
Norwegian:
Bokmål: ordspill (no) n

Nynorsk: ordspel n
Persian: تجنیس (fa) (tajnis), جناس (fa) (jenâs)
Polish: gra słów (pl) f, kalambur (pl) m
Portuguese: trocadilho (pt) m, chalaça (pt) f
Romanian: calambur (ro), joc de cuvinte (ro)
Russian: каламбу́р (ru) m (kalambúr), игра́ слов (ru) f (igrá slov)
Scottish Gaelic: cainnt-chluich f
Spanish: juego de palabras (es) m, calambur (es) m, paronomasia (es) f, doble sentido m, albur (es) m, retruécano (es) m
Swedish: ordvits (sv) c, ordlek (sv) c
Tagalog: bangkiwi, paritugma, paandar
Telugu: శ్లేష (te) (ślēṣa)
Tibetan: ཚིག་རྩེད (tshig rtsed)
Turkish: kelime oyunu (tr)
Yiddish: ווערטערשפּיל (vertershpil)

Etymology 2

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”).

Noun

pun (plural puns or pun)

(Korean units of measure) Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”)

Etymology 3

From Hindi [Term?].

Alternative forms

pund

Noun

pun (plural puns)

(India, historical) A certain number of cowries, generally 80.
- 1864, The Regulations of the Bengal Code in Force in September 1862, page 1019:
  Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. Sheep, goats, &c., 1 pun of cowries each.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “pun”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

Anagrams

N-up, NPU, UPN, nup

Chuukese

Conjunction

pun

because

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

puan
pen (Ragusan dialect)

Etymology

From Latin pānis, pānem.

Noun

pun m

(Vegliot) bread

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *puhun (compare Malay pohon), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pun]

Noun

pun

tree (large woody plant)

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay pun.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpun/, [ˈpun]
Hyphenation: pun

Adverb

pun

also, too
Synonym: juga
even, though, although, nevertheless
Synonyms: biar, meski, kendati, saja
besides
any, every

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *puqun, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puqun, from Proto-Austronesian *puqun. Compare Tagalog puno, Malay pohon, Indonesian pohon.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpun/ [ˈpun]

Noun

pun

trunk of a tree
origin, source
Synonym: ibat

Malay

Alternative forms

pon (informal, pronunciation respelling)

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Austronesian *pa (“still, first, yet”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pon]
- Audio (Malaysia): (file)
Rhymes: -on
Hyphenation: pun

Adverb

pun (Jawi spelling ڤون)

also, too
Synonym: juga

Adam pun tahu.
Adam knows too.
even
Adam pun tahu.
Even Adam knows.

Related terms

-pun

Descendants

Indonesian: pun

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pun]

Etymology 1

Verb

pun

inflection of pune:
1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. third-person plural present indicative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin punicus.

Noun

pun m (plural puni)

Punic, Carthaginian

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Declension of *pun*
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	pun	punul	puni	punii
genitive-dative	pun	punului	puni	punilor
vocative	punule		punilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pьlnъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pílˀnas, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pûn/

Adjective

pȕn (Cyrillic spelling пу̏н, definite pȕnī)

full, filled
- 1980s, Max Vincent AKA Miša Mihajlović (lyrics and music), “Beogradska Devojka”:
  Tako drska i obesna si ti / ti si puna ljubavi
  You are so arrogant and rude / you are full of love
fleshy, plump
full, complete
occupied (of room)

Declension

More information singular, masculine ...

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		pun	puna	puno
genitive		puna	pune	puna
dative		punu	punoj	punu
accusative	inanimate animate	pun puna	punu	puno
vocative		pun	puna	puno
locative		punu	punoj	punu
instrumental		punim	punom	punim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		puni	pune	puna
genitive		punih	punih	punih
dative		punim(a)	punim(a)	punim(a)
accusative		pune	pune	puna
vocative		puni	pune	puna
locative		punim(a)	punim(a)	punim(a)
instrumental		punim(a)	punim(a)	punim(a)

indefinite forms

More information singular, masculine ...

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		puni	puna	puno
genitive		punog(a)	pune	punog(a)
dative		punom(u/e)	punoj	punom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	puni punog(a)	punu	puno
vocative		puni	puna	puno
locative		punom(e/u)	punoj	punom(e/u)
instrumental		punim	punom	punim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		puni	pune	puna
genitive		punih	punih	punih
dative		punim(a)	punim(a)	punim(a)
accusative		pune	pune	puna
vocative		puni	pune	puna
locative		punim(a)	punim(a)	punim(a)
instrumental		punim(a)	punim(a)	punim(a)

definite forms

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈpun/ [ˈpũn]
Rhymes: -un
Syllabification: pun

Noun

pun m (uncountable)

(onomatopoeia) the sound of discharging a firearm
Synonym: pum
(onomatopoeia, vulgar) the sound of flatulence

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Translations

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Etymology 3

Alternative forms

Noun

References

Anagrams

Chuukese

Conjunction

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Noun

Iban

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Further reading

Kapampangan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Malay

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Related terms

Descendants

Further reading

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Verb

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adjective

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

Further reading