pun

Signification (English)

Concepts

Fréquence

C2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/pʌn/
Etymology (English)

From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.

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