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- [muh-voon]
- /məˈvun/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [muh-voon]
- /məˈvun/
Definition of mavun word
- noun mavun Obsolete. a man’s vest. 1
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Origin of mavun
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400 for def 1; substantive of Middle English mawere, apparently a derivative of Old English morbere
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Mavun
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mavun popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".