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• UK: /bʌntʃ/
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• UK: /bʌnʃ/
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• US: /bʌnt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English bunche, bonche (“hump, swelling”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps a variant of *bunge (compare dialectal bung (“heap, grape bunch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bunkō, *bunkô, *bungǭ (“heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bhenǵh-, *bhénǵhus (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognates include Saterland Frisian Bunke (“bone”), West Frisian bonke (“bone, lump, bump”), Dutch bonk (“lump, bone”), Low German Bunk (“bone”), German Bunge (“tuber”), Danish bunke (“heap, pile”), Faroese bunki (“heap, pile”); Hittite [Term?] (/⁠panku⁠/, “total, entire”), Tocharian B pkante (“volume, fatness”), Lithuanian búožė (“knob”), Ancient Greek παχύς (pakhús, “thick”), Sanskrit बहु (bahú, “thick; much”)). Alternatively, perhaps from a variant or diminutive of bump (compare hump/hunch, lump/lunch, etc.); or from dialectal Old French bonge (“bundle”) (compare French bongeau, bonjeau, bonjot), from West Flemish bondje, diminutive of West Flemish bond (“bundle”).

284 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: tufë — a group of similar things
• Southern Altai: тудам (tudam) — a group of similar things
• Southern Altai: буулам (buulam) — a group of similar things
• Arabic: حُزْمَة (ḥuzma) — a group of similar things
• Armenian: փունջ (pʻunǰ) — a group of similar things
• Armenian: խումբ (xumb) — a group of similar things
• Armenian: խուրձ (xurj) — a group of similar things
• Armenian: ողկույզ (oġkuyz) — a group of similar things
• Aromanian: mãnuclju — a group of similar things
• Azerbaijani: topa — a group of similar things
• Basque: multzo — a group of similar things
• Belarusian: пучо́к (pučók) — a group of similar things
• Belarusian: буке́т (bukjét) — a group of similar things
• Belarusian: звя́зка (zvjázka) — a group of similar things
• Bulgarian: ки́тка (kítka) — a group of similar things
• Bulgarian: връ́зка (vrǎ́zka) — a group of similar things
• Catalan: raïm — a group of similar things
• Catalan: grapat — a group of similar things
• Chinese Mandarin: 束 (shù) — a group of similar things
• Chinese Mandarin: 簇 (cù) — a group of similar things
• Danish: bunke — a group of similar things
• Danish: bundt — a group of similar things
• Dutch: bos — a group of similar things
• Esperanto: garbo — a group of similar things
• Faroese: tyssi — a group of similar things
• Finnish: kimppu — a group of similar things
• Finnish: nippu — a group of similar things
• French: groupe — a group of similar things
• French: bouquet — a group of similar things
• French: botte — a group of similar things
• Galician: feixe — a group of similar things
• Galician: monlla — a group of similar things
• Galician: gavela — a group of similar things
• Galician: manda — a group of similar things
• Galician: mostea — a group of similar things
• Galician: preixada — a group of similar things
• Galician: fateixo — a group of similar things
• Galician: ramo — a group of similar things
• Galician: cambada — a group of similar things
• German: Bund — a group of similar things
• German: Strauß — a group of similar things
• Greek: τσαμπί (tsampí) — a group of similar things
• Greek: μπουκέτο (boukéto) — a group of similar things
• Greek: αρμαθιά (armathiá) — a group of similar things
• Greek: μάτσο (mátso) — a group of similar things
• Greek: δέσμη (désmi) — a group of similar things
• Greek: βότρυς (vótrys) — a group of similar things
• Hawaiian: ʻāhui — a group of similar things
• Hawaiian: hui — a group of similar things
• Hebrew: קבוצה (kvutsá) — a group of similar things
• Hebrew: מספר (mispár) — a group of similar things
• Hebrew: צרור (tsror) — a group of similar things
• Hebrew: אשכול (eshkól) — a group of similar things
• Hebrew: חופן (khófen) — a group of similar things
• Hungarian: csomó — a group of similar things
• Hungarian: csokor — a group of similar things
• Hungarian: köteg — a group of similar things
• Ingrian: kimppu — a group of similar things
• Irish: dornán — a group of similar things
• Italian: ciuffo — a group of similar things
• Italian: graspo — a group of similar things
• Italian: mucchio — a group of similar things
• Japanese: 束 (taba) — a group of similar things
• Japanese: 房 (fusa) — a group of similar things
• Korean: 다발 (dabal) — a group of similar things
• Korean: 송이 (song'i) — a group of similar things
• Kumyk: байлам (baylam) — a group of similar things
• Kyrgyz: бир тутам (bir tutam) — a group of similar things
• Lao: ເຄືອ (khư̄a) — a group of similar things
• Manchu: ᠰᡝᡶᡝᡵᡝ (sefere) — a group of similar things
• Māori: kāhui — a group of similar things
• Māori: tautau — a group of similar things
• Māori: pūtoitanga — a group of similar things
• Māori: pūtoi — a group of similar things
• Mongolian: туг (tug) — a group of similar things
• Khiamniungan Naga: āchūm — a group of similar things
• Norman: bott'lée — a group of similar things
• Norwegian: bunke — a group of similar things
• Occitan: ponhada — a group of similar things
• Occitan: manada — a group of similar things
• Polish: bukiet — a group of similar things
• Polish: kiść — a group of similar things
• Polish: pęk — a group of similar things
• Portuguese: penca — a group of similar things
• Portuguese: molho (coletivo de chaves) — a group of similar things
• Romanian: mănunchi — a group of similar things
• Russian: пучо́к (pučók) — a group of similar things
• Russian: буке́т (bukét) — a group of similar things
• Russian: свя́зка (svjázka) — a group of similar things
• Spanish: manojo — a group of similar things
• Spanish: puñado — a group of similar things
• Spanish: ramo — a group of similar things
• Spanish: bonchote — a group of similar things
• Spanish: gavilla — a group of similar things
• Spanish: haz — a group of similar things
• Spanish: fajo — a group of similar things
• Spanish: gabejo — a group of similar things
• Spanish: mazo — a group of similar things
• Spanish: nía — a group of similar things
• Swahili: fungu — a group of similar things
• Thai: กลุ่ม (glùm) — a group of similar things
• Thai: ช่อ (chɔ̂ɔ) — a group of similar things
• Thai: พวง (puuang) — a group of similar things
• Thai: หวี (wǐi) — a group of similar things
• Turkish: demet — a group of similar things
• Ottoman Turkish: باغ (bağ) — a group of similar things
• Ukrainian: жмут (žmut) — a group of similar things
• Ukrainian: в'я́зка (vʺjázka) — a group of similar things
• Ukrainian: гру́па (hrúpa) — a group of similar things
• Ukrainian: пучо́к (pučók) — a group of similar things
• Ukrainian: буке́т (bukét) — a group of similar things
• Ukrainian: ки́тиця (kýtycja) — a group of similar things
• Ukrainian: кі́м'ях (kímʺjax) — a group of similar things
• Vietnamese: bó — a group of similar things
• Vietnamese: chùm — a group of similar things
• Vietnamese: buồng — a group of similar things
• Walloon: troke — a group of similar things
• Albanian: vesh — a cluster of grapes
• Arabic: عُنْقُود (ʕunqūd) — a cluster of grapes
• Armenian: ողկույզ (oġkuyz) — a cluster of grapes
• Azerbaijani: salxım — a cluster of grapes
• Belarusian: гро́нка (hrónka) — a cluster of grapes
• Bulgarian: грозд (grozd) — a cluster of grapes
• Catalan: raïm — a cluster of grapes
• Chinese Mandarin: 串 (chuàn) — a cluster of grapes
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘟嚕 /嘟噜 (dūlu) — a cluster of grapes
• Czech: hrozen — a cluster of grapes
• Danish: klase — a cluster of grapes
• Dutch: tros — a cluster of grapes
• Esperanto: traŭbo — a cluster of grapes
• Finnish: rypäle — a cluster of grapes
• French: grappe — a cluster of grapes
• Galician: cangallo — a cluster of grapes
• Galician: acio — a cluster of grapes
• Galician: cacho — a cluster of grapes
• Galician: escádea — a cluster of grapes
• Galician: piña — a cluster of grapes
• German: Traube — a cluster of grapes
• Hungarian: fürt — a cluster of grapes
• Italian: grappolo — a cluster of grapes
• Japanese: 房 (fusa) — a cluster of grapes
• Korean: 송이 (song'i) — a cluster of grapes
• Latin: racēmus — a cluster of grapes
• Laz: ჭაჭა (ç̌aç̌a) — a cluster of grapes
• Laz: ჭაბა (ç̌aba) — a cluster of grapes
• Lithuanian: kekė — a cluster of grapes
• Norwegian: klase — a cluster of grapes
• Polish: grono — a cluster of grapes
• Portuguese: cacho — a cluster of grapes
• Romanian: ciorchine — a cluster of grapes
• Russian: гроздь (grozdʹ) — a cluster of grapes
• Russian: кисть (kistʹ) — a cluster of grapes
• Spanish: racimo — a cluster of grapes
• Spanish: colgajo — a cluster of grapes
• Spanish: arlo — a cluster of grapes
• Swedish: klase — a cluster of grapes
• Turkish: salkım — a cluster of grapes
• Ottoman Turkish: صالقم (salkım) — a cluster of grapes
• Ukrainian: гро́но (hróno) — a cluster of grapes
• Ukrainian: ґро́но (gróno) — a cluster of grapes
• Ukrainian: ке́тяг (kétjah) — a cluster of grapes
• Venetan: graspo — a cluster of grapes
• Vietnamese: chùm — a cluster of grapes
• Walloon: troke — a cluster of grapes
• Arabic: مَجْمُوعَة (majmūʕa) — an informal body of friends
• Belarusian: кампа́нія (kampánija) — an informal body of friends
• Bulgarian: компа́ния (kompánija) — an informal body of friends
• Catalan: colla — an informal body of friends
• Catalan: grup — an informal body of friends
• Catalan: banda — an informal body of friends
• Czech: partička — an informal body of friends
• Czech: parta — an informal body of friends
• Czech: banda — an informal body of friends
• Czech: skupina — an informal body of friends
• French: bande — an informal body of friends
• French: peloton — an informal body of friends
• Galician: currobla — an informal body of friends
• Galician: conrobla — an informal body of friends
• Galician: cubillada — an informal body of friends
• Galician: cadrilla — an informal body of friends
• Galician: culimaia — an informal body of friends
• Galician: banda — an informal body of friends
• Greek: παρέα (paréa) — an informal body of friends
• Greek: συμμορία (symmoría) — an informal body of friends
• Italian: comitiva — an informal body of friends
• Norwegian: gjeng — an informal body of friends
• Polish: paczka — an informal body of friends
• Portuguese: cambada — an informal body of friends
• Russian: компа́ния (kompánija) — an informal body of friends
• Spanish: grupo — an informal body of friends
• Spanish: pandilla — an informal body of friends
• Swahili: fungu — an informal body of friends
• Ukrainian: компа́нія (kompánija) — an informal body of friends
• Ukrainian: гурт (hurt) — an informal body of friends
• Walloon: binde — an informal body of friends
• Arabic: حُزْمَة (ḥuzma) — a considerable amount
• Armenian: խուրձ (xurj) — a considerable amount
• Czech: pěkných pár — a considerable amount
• Czech: hodně — a considerable amount
• Czech: spousta — a considerable amount
• Finnish: koko joukko — a considerable amount
• French: tas — a considerable amount
• French: paquet — a considerable amount
• Galician: chea — a considerable amount
• Galician: morea — a considerable amount
• Galician: barda — a considerable amount
• Galician: brollo — a considerable amount
• Galician: rebullón — a considerable amount
• Greek: όγκος (ógkos) — a considerable amount
• Italian: mucchio — a considerable amount
• Ladino: alay — a considerable amount
• Portuguese: penca — a considerable amount
• Russian: ку́ча (kúča) — a considerable amount
• Russian: мно́го (mnógo) — a considerable amount
• Spanish: montón — a considerable amount
• Spanish: bonche — a considerable amount
• Spanish: raudal — a considerable amount
• Spanish: porrillo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: parva — a considerable amount
• Spanish: montonera — a considerable amount
• Spanish: manojo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: acervo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: catizumbazo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: macanazo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: catizumbada — a considerable amount
• Spanish: montonal — a considerable amount
• Spanish: bolón — a considerable amount
• Spanish: mogollón — a considerable amount
• Spanish: chingo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: caterva — a considerable amount
• Spanish: patulea — a considerable amount
• Spanish: cerro — a considerable amount
• Spanish: chupo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: culantro — a considerable amount
• Spanish: culo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: huevo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: mundo — a considerable amount
• Spanish: shuntalada — a considerable amount
• Spanish: pocotón — a considerable amount
• Spanish: sarta — a considerable amount
• Swahili: fungu — a considerable amount
• Vietnamese: đống — a considerable amount
• Walloon: pekêye — a considerable amount
• Walloon: masse — a considerable amount
• Walloon: hopea — a considerable amount
• Esperanto: fasko — a group of logs tied together for skidding
• French: javelle — a group of logs tied together for skidding
• Galician: gavela — a group of logs tied together for skidding
• Greek: δεμάτι (demáti) — a group of logs tied together for skidding
• Greek: δέσμη (désmi) — a group of logs tied together for skidding
• French: poche — an unusual concentration of ore
• French: poche minéralisée — an unusual concentration of ore
• French: poche de minerai — an unusual concentration of ore
• French: mouche — an unusual concentration of ore
• French: nid — an unusual concentration of ore
• Spanish: bolsada — an unusual concentration of ore
• French: réserve — reserve yarn on the filling bobbin
• French: poupée — an unfinished cigar
• French: poupe — an unfinished cigar
• Walloon: tchén — an unfinished cigar
• Arabic: حَزَمَ (ḥazama) — to gather into a bunch
• Armenian: փնջել (pʻnǰel) — to gather into a bunch
• Dutch: bundelen — to gather into a bunch
• Faroese: tyssa — to gather into a bunch
• Finnish: niputtaa — to gather into a bunch
• French: grouper — to gather into a bunch
• French: empiler — to gather into a bunch
• French: mettre en masse — to gather into a bunch
• French: mettre en banc — to gather into a bunch
• German: bündeln — to gather into a bunch
• German: anordnen — to gather into a bunch
• Greek: μαζεύω (mazévo) — to gather into a bunch
• Italian: ammucchiare — to gather into a bunch
• Spanish: amontonarse — to gather into a bunch
• Spanish: juntarse — to gather into a bunch
• Spanish: apiñarse — to gather into a bunch
• Czech: shlukovat se — to form a bunch
• Czech: shluknout se — to form a bunch
• Dutch: ophopen — to form a bunch
• Greek: δεματιάζω (dematiázo) — to form a bunch
• Greek: αρμαθιάζω (armathiázo) — to form a bunch
• Spanish: arracimarse — to form a bunch
• Spanish: enracimarse — to form a bunch
• Spanish: fruncirse — to form a bunch