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cun

/kʌn/

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Ireland/kʊn/

cun verb: to know. Also the alternative form of conn.

Verb

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

  1. (obsolete) To know.

Noun

IPA/tsuːn/

cun (plural cuns or cun)

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

Also used as

cun is also the alternative form of conn.

Forms of cun

Verb
third-person singular presentcuns
present participlecunning
past participlecunned
pastcunned
Noun
pluralcuns
pluralcun
alternative formtsun

Origin of cun

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

See conn, cond.

From Chinese 寸 (cùn). Doublet of sun.

Words that rhyme with cun

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Questions about cun

What does cun mean?
Cun means to know.
What part of speech is cun?
Cun can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce cun?
Cun is pronounced /kʌn/.
What is the past tense of cun?
The past tense of cun is cunned.

Words near cun in the dictionary

  1. cumwhore
  2. cumwhores
  3. cumyl
  4. cumylic
  5. cumyls
  6. cun
  7. Cuna
  8. cunabula
  9. cunabular
  10. Cunan
  11. Cunanan

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