Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mun

/mʌn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
mun
IPA
/mʌn/
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Must.

noun

The mouth, jaw.

Obsolete

noun

man

British usage

pron

them

British usage; Obsolete

noun

The person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.

name

A river in Thailand; in full, River Mun.

name

A surname from Korean.

Countable

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Etymology

From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.

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Questions

How do you pronounce mun?
The recorded pronunciation is /mʌn/.
What does mun mean?
Must.
Where does mun come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce mun

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