Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mune

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: mune
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not immune; subject or vulnerable to (something).

Humorous; Informal

noun

Initialism of motor unit number estimation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"You know, of course, that the writer of the book is immune to shame—that only the peddler of said book is mune—and, I must say that the most shameful person or persons involved are those that condone—such as Mr. Rexroth[…]"
"Mac: But no matter what she does, they don't mind. It's like they're immune. Bloo: Well, we'll just have to make them mune by any means necessary."
"My immune system is so fucked it's now a mune system."

Etymology

Formed under the implication that the word immune was formed in modern English with the prefix im- and another word. The word immune was actually formed from a prefix in Latin immūnis (“exempt from public service”), from in- (“not”) + mūnus (“service”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: immūnis

Usage

Questions

What does mune mean?: Not immune; subject or vulnerable to (something).
Where does mune come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce mune

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