Noun: atún
Gender: m
Hyphenation: a‧tún
| Singular m | atún |
| Plural m | atunes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like atún
shogún,
lehmeyún,
lemenyún,
zunzún,
procomún,
chimpún,
lleivún,
lemeyún,
majún,
betún,
común,
sogún,
simún,
pichintún,
lehmenyún,
atún,
runrún,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Phoenicianbor.
3. Ancient Greek θῠ́ννος (thŭ́nnos)bor.
4. Latin thunnusbor.
5. Arabic تُنّ (tunn)
6. Andalusian Arabicbor.
7. Old Spanish atun
8. Spanish atún
9. Inherited from Old Spanish atun, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [Term?], from Arabic اَلتُّنّ (at-tunn, “tuna”), from Latin thunnus, from Ancient Greek θύννος (thúnnos).
10. Compare Portuguese atum. See also the related tonina, which may have influenced this word. See: Old Spanish Nouns '
atun', Old Spanish Nouns '
atun', Latin Nouns '
thunnus', Ancient Greek Nouns '
θύννος', Portuguese Nouns '
atum'.
Verbs referencing "atún"
English Nouns
tuna.
Translations