jument

English

Etymology

From Middle English jument, from Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.

Noun

jument (plural juments)

1. (obsolete) An animal, especially a beast of burden.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat.

Synonyms

• (beast of burden): aver

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒuˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒuˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒuˈment]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin iūmentum. Documented since 1413. Doublet of jumenta and also etymology 2.

Noun

jument m (plural juments)

2. beast of burden

Usage notes

Now rare outside of the eastern Pyrenean zone.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French jument, from Latin iūmentum.

Noun

jument f (plural juments) (Northern)

2. mare, female horse

References

• “jument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Borrowed from French jument.

Noun

jument (ORB, broad)

1. female horse, mare

   Synonyms: cavala, èga

   Coordinate term: chevâl m

References

• jument in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 736: “jument” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr

French

Etymology

From Old French jument, from Latin iūmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.mɑ̃/

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Noun

jument f (plural juments)

1. mare (female horse)

   Synonym: cavale

2. (slang) a tall, slim and beautiful woman

Descendants

• → Catalan: jument
• → Franco-Provençal: jument

Further reading

• “jument”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiu̯ˈmɛnt/, /ˈd͡ʒiu̯mɛnt/

Noun

jument (rare)

1. beast of burden

Descendants

• English: jument

References

• “jūment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Old French

Alternative forms

• jumente (sense 2)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūmentum.

Pronunciation

• (archaic) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒyˈment/
• (classical) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒyˈmant/
• (late) IPA^(key): /ʒyˈmant/

Noun

jument oblique singular, f (oblique plural jumenz or jumentz, nominative singular jument, nominative plural jumenz or jumentz)

1. beast of burden
2. mare (female horse)

Descendants

• French: jument
  • → Catalan: jument
  • → Franco-Provençal: jument
• Norman: jeunment
• → Middle English: jument
  • English: jument

References

• “jument”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.