how to pronounce fun

/fʌn/

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fun is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of fun in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… his sense of fun madam deputy speaker …”

meaning of fun

Fun means enjoyable, exciting, or amusing.

fun frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word fun occurs in english on average 51.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.