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bunion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈbʌnjən/

Etymology

From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjō (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”).

Meanings

1. A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin.
2. (broadly, colloquial) Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint.

Forms

Deriveds

bunionectomy · bunionette · bunioned

Translations (38)

pl halluks (bump on the big toe) · fi vaivaisenluu (hallux valgus) · es juanete (bump on the big toe) · cmn 雞眼 /鸡眼 (bump on the big toe) · gl xoanete (bump on the big toe) · fr oignon (bump on the big toe) · es bunio (bump on the big toe) · fi vaivaisenluu (bump on the big toe) · es adrián (bump on the big toe) · tr bunyon (hallux valgus) · ru válʹgusnaja deformácija pérvovo pálʹca stopý (bump on the big toe) · cs vbočený palec (hallux valgus) · ja 外反母趾 (bump on the big toe) · de Hallux Valgus (hallux valgus) · id bunion (bump on the big toe) · sv liktorn (bump on the big toe) · pl paluch koślawy (bump on the big toe) · mk кокалче (hallux valgus) · pt joanete (bump on the big toe) · de Schiefzehe (bump on the big toe) · pl haluks (bump on the big toe) · mk кокалче (bump on the big toe) · tr başparmak çıkıntısı (bump on the big toe) · nl scheefstaande grote teen (bump on the big toe) · hu bütyök (bump on the big toe) · tr başparmak çıkıntısı (hallux valgus) · cmn 拇囊炎 (bump on the big toe) · cy bynion (hallux valgus) · ca galindó (bump on the big toe) · de Ballenzehe (bump on the big toe) · fo vírikur (bump on the big toe) · ru бурси́т (bump on the big toe) · ga buinneán (bump on the big toe) · ru ши́шка (bump on the big toe) · nl hallux valgus (bump on the big toe) · cy chwydd (bump on the big toe) · it alluce valgo (bump on the big toe) · ro mont (bump on the big toe)