cun

From Middle English cunnen, connen, from Old English cunnan (“to know, know how (to)”), from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną (“to know”). Doublet of con.

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. (obsolete) To know.

• cunning

See conn, cond.

cun (third-person singular simple present cuns, present participle cunning, simple past and past participle cunned)

1. Alternative form of conn (“direct or steer a ship”)

Chinese 寸

• tsun

cun (plural cuns or cun)

1. A traditional Chinese unit of length, originally the width of a person's thumb at the knuckle.

• NUC, UNC, nuc, unc

• kun, cuon, kuon

From Latin canis, canem.

cun m

1. dog

• cu

From Latin cum.

cun

1. with

From contraction of preposition con (“with”) + masculine article un (“a, one”)

cun m (feminine cunha, masculine plural cuns, feminine plural cunhas)

1. with a, with one

• cu’ (apocopic)
• con

From Latin cum.

cun

1. with
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 128:

     Caro, cun quil visito bianco e russo.

     Dear, with that little white and red face.

cun

1. (Badia) Alternative form of con

cun

1. with

When followed by an article, cun is combined with the next word to give the following combined forms:

• AEDLL

cun

1. Nonstandard spelling of cūn.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cún.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǔn.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cùn.

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Latin cum.

cun

1. with

cun

1. eat