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See also:Appendix:Variations of "fun"

English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishfonne,fon(“foolish, simple, silly”) orfonnen(“make a fool of”), fromMiddle Englishfonne(“a fool, dupe”), probably ofNorth Germanic origin, related toSwedishfånig(“foolish”),Swedishfåne(“a fool”), fromOld Norsefáni(“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced byfjäll(“rock, cliff, mountain”).[1] Compare alsoEnglishfumble,Norwegian Nynorskfomme(“clumsy fool”).

Compare alsoNorwegianfomme,fume(“a fool”). More atfon,fond.

As a noun,fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verbfun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrasetomake fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjectivefunny. The use offun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century.

Alternative etymology connectedMiddle Englishfonne withOld Frisianfonna,fone,fomne, variant forms offāmne,fēmne(“young woman, virgin”), fromProto-West Germanic*faimnijā, fromProto-Germanic*faimnijǭ(“maiden”), fromProto-Indo-European*peymen-(“girl”),*poymen-(“breast milk”). If so, then cognate withOld Englishfǣmne(“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”),West Frisianfamke(“girl”),Saterland Frisianfone,fon(“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fun (uncountable)

  1. Amusement,enjoyment orpleasure.
    Synonyms:amusement,diversion,enjoyment,alaugh,pleasure
    • 2000, Robert Stanley,The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6, Alpha Books, page377:
      Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but seriousfun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
  2. Playful, oftennoisy,activity.
    Synonyms:boisterousness,horseplay,rough and tumble

Derived terms

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Translations

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enjoyment or amusement
playful, often noisy, activity

Adjective

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fun (comparativemorefunor(informal)funner,superlativemostfunor(informal)funnest)

  1. Enjoyable oramusing.
    We had afun time at the party.
    He is such afun person to be with.
  2. (informal)Whimsical orflamboyant.
    This year's fashion style is much morefun than recent seasons.

Derived terms

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Translations

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enjoyable, amusing
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Verb

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fun (third-person singular simple presentfuns,present participlefunning,simple past and past participlefunned)

  1. (colloquial) Totease,kid,poke fun at,make fun of.
    Hey, don't get bent out of shape over it; I was justfunning you.

Translations

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to tease, kid, poke fun

See also

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etymologically unrelated multiword terms containing "fun"

References

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  1. ^“fun”, inSvenska Akademiens ordbok[Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎[1] (in Swedish),1937

Anagrams

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Chibcha

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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fun

  1. Alternative form ofbun

References

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  • Gómez Aldana D. F., Análisis morfológico del Vocabulario 158 de la Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia. Grupo de Investigación Muysccubun. 2013.

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishfun.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fun (invariable)

  1. (colloquial)fun
    C’était juste pour lefun.
    It was just forfun.
    Il a l’airfun.
    It looksfun.

Galician

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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fun

  1. first-personsingularpreteriteindicative ofir

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the correspondinglemma form.

Verb

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fun

  1. first-personsingularpreteriteindicative ofser

Hunsrik

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Alternative forms

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  • funn(Altenhofen spelling)

Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanvon(“from”), fromOld High Germanfon,fona(“from”), fromProto-Germanic*fanē(“from”), fromProto-Indo-European*h₂pó(“off”).

Cognate withGermanvom andLuxembourgishvun.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈfun/
  • Rhymes:-un
  • Syllabification:fun

Preposition

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fun [withdative]

  1. of;expressing possession
    Das Hausfun de Fraa
    The houseof the woman
  2. from;used to indicate source or provenance
    Ich sinfun Hambeuch
    I'mfrom Hamburg.
  3. from;used to indicate a starting point or initial reference
    Sie schaffefun heit bis moie
    They will workfrom today to tomorrow.

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References

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  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “fun”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch,page61, column 1

Japanese

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Romanization

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fun

  1. Rōmaji transcription ofふん
  2. Rōmaji transcription ofフン

Tboli

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Noun

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fun

  1. owner

Yoruba

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Verb

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fún

  1. give
  2. choke,squeeze,strangle,throttle
  3. scatter,strew
  4. sew

Preposition

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fún

  1. for,on behalf of
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