Fung

name, noun

name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of fum (“fabulous Chinese bird”). alt-of, alternative
  2. 2
    Fungus. rare
  3. 3
    Synonym of Fungor (“Sudanese ethnic group”). plural, plural-only
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Cantonese or Hakka.

Synonyms

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fenghuangfungor

Example

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"Fung imagines a scenario where a social media post with a celebrity in a red dress gets 500,000 "likes." An alert goes to a retailer that this item is trending. Within hours, a digital sample of a similar dress is on its website. A factory can start to produce the dress in days."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Anglicization of fungus.

Etymology 2

From Cantonese 馮／冯 (fung⁴) or Hakka 洪 (Fùng). Doublet of Feng and Phung.

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