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bunion

/ˈbʌnjən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.11 in modern English

Syllables
bunion
IPA
/ˈbʌnjən/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.

noun

Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.

Colloquial

Etymology

From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjō (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

bunions (plural) bunyon (alternative) bunian (alternative) bunnion (alternative) bunnian (alternative)

Derived Forms

bunionectomy bunioned bunionette

Homonyms

Bunyan

Rhymes With

onion bunyan trunnion grunion ronyon spunion

Questions

How do you pronounce bunion?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌnjən/.
What does bunion mean?
A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
Where does bunion come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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