lunt
/lʌnt/noun, verb
lunt is spelled L-U-N-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, lunt means “A slow-burning match or torch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of lunt is lunts.
How many letters and syllables are in lunt?
| Letters | 4: L-U-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 66,686th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is lunt?
Lunt appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 66,686th 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).
How do you pronounce lunt?
- /lʌnt/
Lunt has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-lunt.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of lunt
- lunts plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- lunting participle, present
- lunted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does lunt mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A slow-burning match or torch.
- 2
Smoke with flames, especially from a pipe.
verb
- 1
ScotlandTo emit smoke.
18th c, Robert Burns, The Twa Dogs, 1822, The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, page 28, The lunting pipe, and sneeshing mill, / Are handed round wi' right gude-will;
- 2
ScotlandTo walk while smoking a pipe.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does lunt come from?
From Dutch lont.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).