bunt

See also: Bunt, bűnt, and búnt

English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps a nasalised variant of butt.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌnt

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

bunt (countable and uncountable, plural bunts)

1. (nautical) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard.

   The bunt of the sail was green.

2. A push or shove; a butt.
3. (baseball, softball) A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.

   The bunt was fielded cleanly.

4. (baseball, softball) The act of bunting.

   The manager will likely call for a bunt here.

5. (aviation) The second half of an outside loop, from level flight to inverted flight.
   1. (by extension) Any large pilot-commanded pitch-down motion of an aircraft, often producing negative G-forces and resulting in a large negative change in flightpath angle.
6. (countable, uncountable) A fungus (Ustilago foetida) affecting the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a foetid dust.

   Synonym: (obsolete) pepperbrand

Coordinate terms

• (specific part of a sail): clew
• (baseball, softball): sacrifice bunt, slash bunt, swinging bunt, squeeze, safety squeeze, suicide squeeze

Derived terms

• buntline
• drag bunt
• English bunt
• push bunt
• sac bunt

 

Translations

baseball: ball intentionally hit softly

• Catalan: toc (ca) m
• Finnish: näpäytyslyönti, näpy (fi)
• French: amorti (fr) m
• Japanese: バント (ja) (banto)
• Korean: 번트 (beonteu)
• Spanish: toque (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: palla smorzata f

Verb

bunt (third-person singular simple present bunts, present participle bunting, simple past and past participle bunted)

1. To push with the horns; to butt.
2. To spring or rear up.
3. (transitive, baseball) To intentionally hit softly with a hands-spread batting stance.

   Jones bunted the ball.

4. (intransitive, baseball) To intentionally hit a ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance.

   Jones bunted.

5. (intransitive, aviation) To perform (the second half of) an outside loop.
   • [1]:

     We had heard that there was an elite group of three or four pilots in Jodhpur called the “Bunt Club”, who had successfully bunted their aircraft—that is, carried out the second half of an outside loop. In the Bunt, you pushed the nose down, past the vertical and still further, until you were in horizontal inverted flight, and came out on the other side and rolled it out.

6. (intransitive, nautical) To swell out.

   The sail bunts.

7. (rare, of a cat) To headbutt affectionately.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:bunt.

Translations

baseball

• Italian: smorzare (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 번트하다 (beonteuhada)
• Spanish: toque (es) m

Related terms

• bunting

See also

• bunt on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

2. ein bunter Blumenstrauß

Etymology

From Middle High German bunt, probably from Latin punctus, whence English point. Dutch bont seems to have somewhat earlier attestations in the relevant sense, but the phonetic form (b- for p- and Dutch -o- for -u-) could hint at Middle High German origin. It is therefore unsettled which of the two borrowed from which.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊnt/
• Rhymes: -ʊnt
• Homophone: Bund

Adjective

bunt (strong nominative masculine singular bunter, comparative bunter, superlative am buntesten)

1. (obsolete) spotted, speckled
2. multi-colored; colorful; variegated

   Synonym: vielfarbig

3. (by extension) mixed, varied, heterogeneous

   ein bunter Haufen ― a motley crew

Declension

Positive forms of bunt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist bunt	sie ist bunt	es ist bunt	sie sind bunt
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bunter	bunte	buntes	bunte
	genitive	bunten	bunter	bunten	bunter
	dative	buntem	bunter	buntem	bunten
	accusative	bunten	bunte	buntes	bunte
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bunte	die bunte	das bunte	die bunten
	genitive	des bunten	der bunten	des bunten	der bunten
	dative	dem bunten	der bunten	dem bunten	den bunten
	accusative	den bunten	die bunte	das bunte	die bunten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bunter	eine bunte	ein buntes	(keine) bunten
	genitive	eines bunten	einer bunten	eines bunten	(keiner) bunten
	dative	einem bunten	einer bunten	einem bunten	(keinen) bunten
	accusative	einen bunten	eine bunte	ein buntes	(keine) bunten

Comparative forms of bunt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist bunter	sie ist bunter	es ist bunter	sie sind bunter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	bunterer	buntere	bunteres	buntere
	genitive	bunteren	bunterer	bunteren	bunterer
	dative	bunterem	bunterer	bunterem	bunteren
	accusative	bunteren	buntere	bunteres	buntere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der buntere	die buntere	das buntere	die bunteren
	genitive	des bunteren	der bunteren	des bunteren	der bunteren
	dative	dem bunteren	der bunteren	dem bunteren	den bunteren
	accusative	den bunteren	die buntere	das buntere	die bunteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein bunterer	eine buntere	ein bunteres	(keine) bunteren
	genitive	eines bunteren	einer bunteren	eines bunteren	(keiner) bunteren
	dative	einem bunteren	einer bunteren	einem bunteren	(keinen) bunteren
	accusative	einen bunteren	eine buntere	ein bunteres	(keine) bunteren

Superlative forms of bunt

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am buntesten	sie ist am buntesten	es ist am buntesten	sie sind am buntesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	buntester	bunteste	buntestes	bunteste
	genitive	buntesten	buntester	buntesten	buntester
	dative	buntestem	buntester	buntestem	buntesten
	accusative	buntesten	bunteste	buntestes	bunteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der bunteste	die bunteste	das bunteste	die buntesten
	genitive	des buntesten	der buntesten	des buntesten	der buntesten
	dative	dem buntesten	der buntesten	dem buntesten	den buntesten
	accusative	den buntesten	die bunteste	das bunteste	die buntesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein buntester	eine bunteste	ein buntestes	(keine) buntesten
	genitive	eines buntesten	einer buntesten	eines buntesten	(keiner) buntesten
	dative	einem buntesten	einer buntesten	einem buntesten	(keinen) buntesten
	accusative	einen buntesten	eine bunteste	ein buntestes	(keine) buntesten

Derived terms

• kunterbunt
• quietschbunt
• zu bunt

Further reading

• “bunt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “bunt” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “bunt” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

FWOTD – 21 January 2019

Etymology

From Middle Low German bunt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʉnt/

Noun

bunt m (definite singular bunten, indefinite plural bunter, definite plural buntene)

1. bundle, bunch
   • 2016, Arnfinn Forness, Død i kort kjole: Braze Blade 2‎^[2], Chayka Förlag, →ISBN:

     Mellom rammen og madrassen var det et hulrom hvor en skoeske kom til syne. Da Lex forsøkte å dra den ut, gikk den i stykker, og bunter med pengesedler ramlet på gulvet - sammen med en forniklet revolver kaliber .38 og en lyddemper.

     Between the frame and the mattress there was a cavity where a shoebox came into view. When Lex tried to pull it out it fell to pieces, and bundles of banknotes fell on the floor - together with a nickel-plated .38 calibre revolver and a silencer.

References

• “bunt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “bunt” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bunt.

Noun

bunt m (definite singular bunten, indefinite plural buntar, definite plural buntane)

1. bundle, bunch

References

• “bunt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Latin punctus (“dotted, speckled”), similar to German Punkt (“dot”).

Adjective

bunt

1. motley, variegated, multicolored
2. colorful
3. gaudy

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German bund (originally any union, the "mutiny" sense since the 17th century). Compare German Bund.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbunt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -unt
• Syllabification: bunt
• Homophone: Bunt

Noun

bunt m inan (diminutive buncik)

1. (government, politics) mutiny, revolt
2. rebellion (attitude of rejecting authority)

   Synonyms: opór, protest, sprzeciw, rewolta, rebelia, powstanie, rozruchy, insurekcja

Declension

Declension of bunt

	singular	plural
nominative	bunt	bunty
genitive	buntu	buntów
dative	buntowi	buntom
accusative	bunt	bunty
instrumental	buntem	buntami
locative	buncie	buntach
vocative	buncie	bunty

Derived terms

nouns

• buntowniczka
• buntownik

 

verbs

• buntować
• zbuntować

 

Related terms

adjective

• buntowniczy

 

adverb

• buntowniczo

 

noun

• buntowniczość

 

Descendants

• → Russian: бунт (bunt)

Further reading

• bunt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bunt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Bund (“federation; conspiracy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bǔnt/

Noun

bùnt m (Cyrillic spelling бу̀нт)

1. (colloquial) revolt, rebellion

Declension

Declension of bunt

	singular	plural
nominative	bunt	buntovi
genitive	bunta	buntova
dative	buntu	buntovima
accusative	bunt	buntove
vocative	bunte	buntovi
locative	buntu	buntovima
instrumental	buntom	buntovima

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Bund (“alliance; waistband”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûnt/

Noun

bȕnt m (Cyrillic spelling бу̏нт)

1. (regional) bundle

   Synonym: bȕnd

Declension

Declension of bunt

	singular	plural
nominative	bȕnt	bùntovi
genitive	bunta	buntova
dative	buntu	buntovima
accusative	bunt	buntove
vocative	bunte	buntovi
locative	buntu	buntovima
instrumental	buntom	buntovima

References

• “bunt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
• “bunt”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German bunt, from Old Saxon *bund, from Proto-Germanic *bundą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɵnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bunt c

1. a bundle, a bunch (often of broad and flat or long and narrow objects, for example a stack of paper)

Declension

Declension of bunt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bunt	bunts
	definite	bunten	buntens
plural	indefinite	buntar	buntars
	definite	buntarna	buntarnas

Related terms

• bunta

References

• bunt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bunt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /bɨ̞nt/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /bɪnt/

Noun

bunt

1. Soft mutation of punt.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
punt	bunt	mhunt	phunt
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Wolof

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

bunt

1. door