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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mund

/mʊnd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
mund
IPA
/mʊnd/
7
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A hand.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Security, granted by a king or earl, the violation of which was punished by a fine (a mundbyrd).

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

Protection; guardianship.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English and Old English mund, from Proto-Germanic *mundō (“hand, protection, security”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, mund, *mundō

Usage

Inflected Forms

munds (plural)

Derived Forms

mundbreach

Rhymes With

fund und refund stunned lund gunned shunned bund superfund defund rotund sunde

Questions

How do you pronounce mund?
The recorded pronunciation is /mʊnd/.
What does mund mean?
A hand.
Where does mund come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce mund

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