Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

frunk

/fɹʌŋk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: frunk
IPA: /fɹʌŋk/

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A trunk (boot, storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear of a car.

Example Sentences

"The Model S, showing off both its traditional trunk and its surprising "frunk.""
"I pop the trunk of the Porsche and find ...the engine. […] I walk around the front of the car, pop the other trunk—the frunk?—and discover a tire iron nestled next to the spare."
"[…] a rear cargo area that's more like that of a hatchback than the trunk of a sedan, and a "frunk" where the engine isn't. It's also theoretically safer than a dinosaur-burner, at least in a frontal collision, because the frunk provides a long crumple zone in the front […]"

Etymology

Blend of front + trunk.

Inflected Forms

frunks (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

bonnet

Synonyms

froot

Rhymes With

drunk punk trunk junk sunk funk chunk dunk bunk unc shrunk hunk

Questions

How do you pronounce frunk?: The recorded pronunciation is /fɹʌŋk/.
What does frunk mean?: A trunk (boot, storage compartment) located at the front rather than the rear of a car.
Where does frunk come from?: Blend of front + trunk.

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