abun
noun
abun is spelled A-B-U-N: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, abun means “Alternative form of abuna” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of abun is abuns.
How many letters and syllables are in abun?
| Letters | 4: A-B-U-N |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 46 million words; the 209,386th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is abun?
Abun appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of abun
- abuns plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does abun mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Alternative form of abuna.
noun
- 1
Father, the title of a bishop in an Ethiopian or Coptic church.
preposition
- 1
ScotlandobsoleteAlternative form of aboon (“above”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Abun in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense father (title):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Abun, Abuna, Abune |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does abun come from?
From Amharic or Tigrinya አቡነ (ʾäbunä), or from a similar Classical Syriac word.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).