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foont

foont is the alternative form of funt.

Meaning of funt

Noun (1)

funt (plural funts)

  1. (historical) An old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams.

Noun (2)

funt (plural funts)

  1. (Polari) Pound sterling: the currency of Great Britain; money generally.

See all 3 meanings of funt

Noun

foont (plural foonts)

  1. (UK, obsolete, slang) A sovereign (the coin).

Forms of foont

pluralfoonts

Origin of foont

Perhaps from French vingt (“twenty”), since a sovereign was worth 20 shillings.

Questions about foont

What does foont mean?
Foont means a sovereign (the coin).
What is foont the alternative form of?
Foont is the alternative form of funt.
What part of speech is foont?
Foont is a noun.
What is the plural of foont?
The plural of foont is foonts.

Words near foont in the dictionary

  1. fooming
  2. fooms
  3. foon
  4. Foong
  5. foons
  6. foont
  7. foonts
  8. foopa
  9. foopah
  10. Foor
  11. Foord

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Adapted from Wiktionary: foont (page history and authors); funt (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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