fun
English
/fʌn/, /fʊn/
noun
Definitions
- amusement, enjoyment or pleasure
- playful, often noisy, activity.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English fonne derived from Old Frisian fonna derived from *faimnijā (girl) derived from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (maiden) derived from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (girl).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*peymen-
Gloss
girl
Concept
Semantic Field
Kinship
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifun English
- bags English
- board English
- box English
- fair English
- filled English
- fon English
- funalicious English
- funbags English
- funboard English
- funboarder English
- funboarding English
- funbox English
- funfair English
- funfest English
- funfilled English
- funhouse English
- funless English
- funlessly English
- funlessness English
- funmaker English
- funness English
- funnily English
- funniness English
- funnish English
- funnisome English
- funny English
- funnyman English
- funnywoman English
- funsies English
- funsome English
- funster English
- house English
- maker English
- superfun English
- unfun English
- unfunny English
- funboksi Finnish
- funshoppen Dutch, Flemish
- shoppen Dutch, Flemish
- *peymen- Proto-Indo-European
- *faimnijǭ Proto-Germanic
- fån Swedish
- fånig Swedish
- fæmne Old English
- fæmnhad Old English
- fǣmne Old English
- fonne Middle English
- *faimnijā gmw-pro
- faam Western Frisian
- famke Western Frisian
- fonna Old Frisian
- fāmne Old Frisian
- pani Tok Pisin
- box
- fon
- fair
- bags
- maker
- funny
- board
- house
- unfun
- filled
- funbox
- antifun
- funbags
- funsies
- funster
- funnish
- funness
- funless
- funfest
- funsome
- funnily
- unfunny
- funfair
- funboard
- superfun
- funnyman
- funmaker
- funhouse
- funfilled
- funlessly
- funniness
- funnisome
- funnywoman
- funboarder
- funboarding
- funlessness
- funalicious