how to pronounce tun

/tʌn/

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tun is pronounced in one syllable

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

“… in 1876 alfred apparently tun out of his …”

meanings of tun

noun:

A drunkard.
A weight of 2,240 pounds.
A fermenting vat.
A part of the ancient Maya Long Count Calendar system which corresponds to 18 winal cycles or 360 days.
The cryptobiotic state of a tardigrade, when its metabolism is temporarily suspended.
An old English measure of capacity for liquids, containing 252 wine gallons; equal to two pipes.
Any shell belonging to Tonna and allied genera.
A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the middle, like a pipe or puncheon, and girt with hoops; a wine cask.
An indefinite large quantity.

verb:

To put into tuns, or casks.

name:

A surname.

tun frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word tun occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.