fun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: fŭn
ipa: /fʌn/
ipa: /fʊn/
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: From Middle English fonne, fon (“foolish, simple, silly”) or fonnen (“make a fool of”), from Middle English fonne (“a fool, dupe”), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish fånig (“foolish”), Swedish fåne (“a fool”), from Old Norse fáni (“vain person, swaggerer”), but of unknown ultimate origin. Perhaps related to or influenced by fjäll (“rock, cliff, mountain”). Compare also English fumble, Norwegian Nynorsk fomme (“clumsy fool”).
Compare also Norwegian fomme, fume (“a fool”). More at fon, fond.
As a noun, fun is recorded from 1700, with a meaning “a cheat, trick, hoax”, from a verb fun meaning “to cheat, trick” (1680s). The meaning “diversion, amusement” dates to the 1720s. The older meaning is preserved in the phrase to make fun of (1737) and in usage of the adjective funny. The use of fun as adjective is newest and is due to reanalysis of the noun; this was incipient in the mid-19th century.
Alternative etymology connected Middle English fonne with Old Frisian fonna, fone, fomne, variant forms of fāmne, fēmne (“young woman, virgin”), from Proto-West Germanic *faimnijā, from Proto-Germanic *faimnijǭ (“maiden”), from Proto-Indo-European *peymen- (“girl”), *poymen- (“breast milk”). If so, then cognate with Old English fǣmne (“maid, virgin, damsel, bride”), West Frisian famke (“girl”), Saterland Frisian fone, fon (“woman, maid, servant," also "weakling, simpleton”).
Senses: examples: text: Grafting your boss's face onto the hind end of a donkey is fun, but serious fun is when you create the impossible and it looks real.
ref: 2000, Robert Stanley, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Adobe Photoshop 6, Alpha Books, page 377:
synonyms: amusement
diversion
enjoyment
a laugh
pleasure
glosses: Amusement, enjoyment or pleasure.
synonyms: boisterousness
horseplay
rough and tumble
glosses: Playful, often noisy, activity.
Derived terms: sense: With prefixes
word: antifun
sense: With prefixes
word: unfun
sense: With suffixes
word: funalicious
sense: With suffixes
word: funless → funlessly
sense: With suffixes
word: funlessness
sense: With suffixes
word: funny
sense: With suffixes
word: funsies
sense: With suffixes
word: funsome
sense: With suffixes
word: funster
sense: Blends
word: funcle
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word: funemployed
sense: Blends
word: funemployment
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word: funfetti
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word: fungasm
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word: fungenda
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word: fungineer
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word: funishment
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word: funspirational
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word: funtastic
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word: funtivity
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun and games
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funbags
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun bags
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funboard
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funbox
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun day
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funfair
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funfest
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funfilled
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funhouse
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun house
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun lover
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun-lover
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun-loving
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funmaker
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun-maker
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun on a bun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun in a bun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun pack
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun park
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: funplex
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun police
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun run
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun runner
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun running
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun size
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun-size
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun-sized
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term at the beginning
word: fun sponge
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: barrel of fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: every good boy deserves fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: figure of fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: for fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: for the fun of it
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: just for fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: fun fund
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: fun up
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: good fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: great fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: have fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: have fun with
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: time flies when you're having fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: in fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: like fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: make fun of
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: no fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: no fun at parties
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: poke fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: poke one's fun
sense: Terms derived from fun (noun), with this term in the middle or at the end
word: type II fun