vuln
/vʌln/verb, noun
vuln is a verb meaning “Of a pelican, to wound (oneself) by biting at the breast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-U-L-N, and it appears about once in every 25 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does vuln mean?
verb
- 1
Of a pelican, to wound (oneself) by biting at the breast.
The shield depicts a pelican vulning herself.
noun
- 1
informalClipping of vulnerability.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vuln?
- /vʌln/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of vuln
- vulns present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- vulning participle, present
- vulned participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vuln?
Vuln appears about once in every 25 million words in written English, the 150,355th 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).
Where does vuln come from?
Irregularly derived from Latin vulnerāre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).