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fung

fung is the alternative form of fum.

Meaning of fum

Noun

fum (plural fums)

  1. (obsolete) The fenghuang, a mythological Chinese bird.
    • The fum is a bird said to be found in no part of the world but China. It is described as of most admirable beauty, and if at any time absent, or long unseen, it is regarded as an omen of some misfortune to the royal family.1823, Richard Sickelmore, The history of Brighton from the earliest period to the present time

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Noun (1)

fung (plural fungs)

  1. (rare) Fungus.

Proper noun capitalized: Fung

Fung (plural Fungs)

  1. A surname from Cantonese or Hakka.

Noun (2) capitalized: Fung

Fung pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of Fungor (“Sudanese ethnic group”).
    Synonyms:
    Fungor

Synonyms of fung

Forms of fung

Noun
pluralfungs
Proper noun
pluralFungs

Origin of fung

Anglicization of fungus.

From Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung⁴) or Hakka 洪 (Fùng). Doublet of Feng and Phung.

Phrases with fung

Questions about fung

What does fung mean?
Fung means fungus.
What is fung the alternative form of?
Fung is the alternative form of fum.
What part of speech is fung?
Fung can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of fung?
The plural of fung is fungs.

Words near fung in the dictionary

  1. funfests
  2. funfetti
  3. funfilled
  4. Funfinolhu
  5. funful
  6. fung
  7. Fung Mei Wai
  8. fung shui
  9. fung-hwang
  10. fung-hwangs
  11. funga

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fung (page history and authors); Fung (page history and authors); fum (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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