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Definition: CUN |
CUNTransitive verb1. To know. See Con. 2. To con (a ship). |
Date "CUN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
CUN | English | Cancun | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: CUN |
| Etymologies containing "CUN": Cond. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "CUN" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Indonesian (inch, kiss), Welsh (lord). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | E hu cun (1974) Feng yu tao hua cun (1957) Cun cao xin (1953) Lang hua cun (1934) Er nai cun zhi sha fu (1995) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "CUN" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 83.33% of the time. "CUN" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 83.33% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Unclassified Items | 16.67% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "CUN" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Cun | Last name | 400 | 23,130 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "CUN": Fir-cun. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
can cun | 99 | cun fiesta | 6 |
cun | 66 | awek cun gambar | 4 |
cun tv.com | 54 | cun tucan | 4 |
cun tv | 24 | can cun hotel | 4 |
awek cun | 14 | beach cun tucan | 3 |
tucan cun beach resort villa | 11 | cun hotel tucan | 3 |
can cun mexico | 10 | cun di | 3 |
cun resort tucan | 9 | cun face her | 3 |
cun wet | 8 | cun song | 2 |
beach cun resort tucan | 7 | butt cun in | 2 |
cun shot | 6 | can cun hoteles | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "CUN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 村. (various references) | |
Indonesian | belah (crack, cun in half, half, slit). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uncay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Chronicles Chapter 18, Verse 8 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai ek thV metabhcaV kai ek twn eklektwn polewn twn adraazar elaben dauid calkon polun sfodra ex autou epoihsen salwmwn thn qalassan thn calkhn kai touV stulouV kai ta skeuh ta calka |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Necnon de Thebath et Chun urbibus Adadezer aeris plurimum de quo fecit Salomon mare aeneum et columnas et vasa aenea |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Likewise from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, David brought very much brass, with which Solomon made the brazen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And from Tibhath and from Cun, towns of Hadadezer, David took a great store of brass, of which Solomon made the great brass water-vessel and the brass pillars and vessels. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 1 Chronicles Chapter 18, Verse 8 |
| Cebuano | Ug sukad sa Tibhath ug sukad sa Kun, mga lungsod ni Hadareser, si David nakakuha ug daghan kaayong tumbaga, nga gikan niini gihimo ni Salomon ang dagat-dagat nga tumbaga, ug ang mga haligi, ug ang mga sudlanang tumbaga. |
| Chinese | 大 衛 又 從 屬 " 大 利 謝 的 提 巴 、 " 提 巴 或 作 " 他 〕 ' 均 二 城 中 、 奪 取 了 許 多 的 銅 ． 後 來 所 羅 門 " 此 製 銅 海 、 銅 柱 、 ' 一 切 的 銅 器 。 |
| Croatian | I iz Hadadezerovih gradova Tibhata i Kuna odnio je silni tuè od kojega je Salomon naèinio mjedeno more, stupove i tuèano posuðe. |
| Danish | og fra Hadar'ezers Byer, Tibhat og Kun, bortførte David Kobber i store Mængder; deraf lod Salomo Kobberhavet, Søjlerne og Kobbersagerne lave. |
| Dutch | Ook nam David zeer veel kopers uit Tibchath, en uit Chun, steden van Hadar-ezer; daarvan heeft Salomo de koperen zee, en de pilaren, en de koperen vaten gemaakt. |
| Finnish | Mutta Hadareserin kaupungeista, Tibhatista ja Kuunista, Daavid otti sangen paljon vaskea. Siitä Salomo teetti vaskimeren, pylväät ja vaskikalut. |
| French | David prit encore une grande quantité d`airain Thibchath et Cun, villes d`Hadarézer. Salomon en fit la mer d`airain, les colonnes et les ustensiles d`airain. |
| German | Auch nahm David aus den Städten Hadadesers, Tibehath und Chun, sehr viel Erz, davon Salomo das eherne Meer und die Säulen und eherne Gefäße machte. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dari dalam Tibkhat dan dari dalam Khun, negeri Hadar-Ezar itu, diambil Daud amat banyak tembaga, maka dari pada tembaga itulah diperbuat Sulaiman akan kolam tembaga dan kedua batang tiang dan segala perkakasan tembaga itu. |
| Maori | A nui atu te parahi i tangohia e Rawiri i Tipihata, i Kunu, i nga pa o Hararetere; no reira te moana parahi, nga pou, me nga oko parahi i hanga nei e Horomona. |
| Norwegian | Og fra Hadaresers byer Tibhat og Kun tok David en stor mengde kobber; av det gjorde Salomo kobberhavet og søilene og kobberkarene. |
| Portuguese | Também de Tibate, e de Cum, cidades de Hadadézer, Davi tomou muitíssimo bronze, de que Salomão fez o mar de bronze, as colunas, e os utensílios de bronze. |
| Rumanian | David a mai luat multq aramq din Tibhat wi din Cun, cetqyile lui Hadarezer. Solomon a fqcut din ea marea de aramq, stklpii wi uneltele de aramq. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "CUN": cunctation, cunctations, cunctative, cundum, cundums, cuneal, cuneate, cuneated, cuneatic, cuneiform, cuneiforms, cuniform, cuniforms, cunner, cunners, cunnilinctus, cunnilinctuses, cunnilingus, cunnilinguses, cunning, cunninger, cunningest, cunningly, cunningness, cunningnesses, cunnings. (additional references) | |
Words containing "CUN": fecund, fecundate, fecundated, fecundates, fecundating, fecundation, fecundations, fecundities, fecundity, impecuniosities, impecuniosity, impecunious, impecuniously, impecuniousness, impecuniousnesses, incunable, incunables, incunabula, incunabulum, infecund, iracund, jocund, jocundities, jocundity, jocundly, lacuna, lacunae, lacunal, lacunar, lacunaria, lacunars, lacunary, lacunas, lacunate, lacune, lacunes, lacunose, pecuniarily, pecuniary, quincuncial, quincunx, quincunxes, quincunxial, rubicund, rubicundities, rubicundity, scungilli, scungillis, scunner, scunnered, scunnering. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-n-u" | |
-1 letter: nu, un. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-n-u" | |
+1 letter: curn, unci, unco. | |
+2 letters: adunc, bunch, bunco, centu, chunk, churn, clung, clunk, conus, cornu, count, cuing, cumin, curns, cutin, dunce, dunch, hunch, incur, incus, junco, lunch, mucin, munch, nucha, ounce, punch, runic, snuck, tunic, uncap, uncia, uncle, uncos, uncoy, uncus, uncut. | |
+3 letters: acinus, acumen, anuric, bonduc, bounce, bouncy, brucin, brunch, bunchy, buncos, canful, cangue, cantus, canula, census, centum, chaunt, chunks, chunky, churns, cinque, clonus, cluing, clunks, clunky, cobnut, cohune, column, concur, congou, conium, consul, cornua, cornus, counts, county, coupon, cousin, crinum, crunch, cubing, cueing, cumins, cummin, cundum, cuneal, cunner, curing, curran, cutins, dunces, eunuch, fecund, fundic, fungic, glucan, glunch, haunch, incubi, incult, incurs, incuse, induce, induct, jaunce, jocund, jounce, jouncy, juncos, kuchen, lacuna, lacune, launce, launch, leucin, lucent, lucern, lunacy, mucins, muonic, nautch, neumic, nuance, nuchae, nuchal, nuclei, nuncio, nuncle, ounces, paunch, pounce, punchy, quench, quince, quinic, raunch, schuln, secund, toucan, tuchun, tunica, tunics, uncage, uncake, uncaps, uncase, unchic, unciae, uncial, uncini, unclad, uncles, unclip, unclog, uncock, uncoil, uncool, uncork, uncuff, uncurb, uncurl, uncute, undock, unific, unlace, unlock, unpack, unpick, untack, untuck, uranic, urchin, usance, vicuna. | |
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