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funt

/fʌnt/

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Northern England/fʊnt/

funt noun: an old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams.

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.

Proper noun capitalized: Funt

Funt (plural Funts)

  1. A surname

Forms of funt

Noun
pluralfunts
alternative formfoont
Proper noun
pluralFunts

Origin of funt

Borrowed from Russian фунт (funt). Doublet of pfund, pood, pound, and punt.

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿונט (funt, “pound (unit of weight)”). Doublet of pfund, pood, pound, and punt.

Questions about funt

What does funt mean?
Funt means an old Russian unit of weight, approximately 410 grams.
What part of speech is funt?
Funt can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce funt?
Funt is pronounced /fʌnt/.
What is the plural of funt?
The plural of funt is funts.

Words near funt in the dictionary

  1. funspirational
  2. funster
  3. funsters
  4. Funston
  5. Funstons
  6. funt
  7. funtabulous
  8. Funtana
  9. funtastic
  10. funtcuck
  11. funtcucks

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Adapted from Wiktionary: funt (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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