und
/ʌnd/
und noun: a wave. Also the nonstandard spelling of and.
Noun
und (plural unds)
- A wave.
- Lute, Unds, and Sands did long our March oppose, And asp'rous Rocks, the Bulwarks of our Foes.1784, François Rabelais, The works of Francis Rabelais ... Now carefully revised, and compared throughout with the late new edition of M. Le du Chat, by Mr. Ozell, etc, page 309
- A billow- or wave-like marking.
- My Noble Lord, / AFter a long inquiry about the Arms of your Lordships antient House, and the turning of sundry Books of Impresaes and Herauldry, I found your UNDES famous and very honourable. / In our neighbour Countrey of England they are born, but inversed upside down, and diversified. Torquato..., William Drummond, letter "To the Right Honourable the Earl of Perth" in The history of Scotland, from the year 1423 until the year 1542 containing the lives and reigns of James the I, the II, the...
- The house of Chedle yet after this diuiding it selfe into two branches, John Basset of new place (being of the yoonger house) left the Labell, and charged the blacke vnds with manie besants dispersed all ouer them.1592, William Wyrley, The true vse of armorie, page 12
Proper noun capitalized: UND
UND
- Initialism of University of North Dakota
Also used as
und is also the nonstandard spelling of and.
und meaning in Malayalam
und in Malayalam
- ഉൻഡ്
Forms of und
| plural | unds |
|---|---|
| alternative form | vnd |
Origin of und
From Middle English unde (“a wave”), from either the Old French unde or Latin unda (“wave”). Doublet of water, ultimately from the same Indo-European root.
Phrases with und
Words that rhyme with und
Questions about und
- What does und mean?
- Und means a wave.
- What is und in Malayalam?
- Und in Malayalam is ഉൻഡ്. See Und meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is und?
- Und can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce und?
- Und is pronounced /ʌnd/.
- What is the plural of und?
- The plural of und is unds.
Words near und in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: und (page history and authors); UND (page history and authors); und (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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