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munt

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See also: münt and Munt

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages. From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀ntʊ̀ (“person”).

Noun

munt (plural munts)

  1. (Rhodesia, slang, originally military, derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person, usually a man.
    • 1964 [1957], Colin MacInnes, City of Spades, London: Penguin Books, page 22:
      My Dad has taught me that in England some foolish man may call me sambo, darkie, boot or munt or nigger, even.
    • 2006, Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman, Zebra Press, page 63:
      Munt was a derogatory term used by the [Rhodesian] security forces to refer to blacks.

Etymology 2

Related to munted; see there for more.

Verb

munt (third-person singular simple present munts, present participle munting, simple past and past participle munted)

  1. (Australia, slang) To vomit (usually while drunk).
  2. (slang) To engage in the act of munting.

Etymology 3

Blend of man +‎ cunt.

Noun

munt (plural munts)

  1. (slang) mangina

Noun

munt (plural munts)

  1. (New Zealand, slang, used by schoolchildren) Something or someone dumb or annoying.
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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

Noun

munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)

  1. coin
  2. mint

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōntem.

Pronunciation

Noun

munt m (plural munts)

  1. (also figurative) heap
    un munt de… ― a heap (of things)
    N'hi ha un munt ― there is a lot (of it)
  2. (archaic or toponyms) synonym of muntanya

Derived terms

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit (“coin”).

Noun

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

  1. coin
    Synonym: muntstuk
  2. currency
    Synonym: munteenheid
  3. tails (side of a coin)
    Antonyms: kop, kruis
  4. mint (institution)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: mynt

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from late Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta. Doublet of mint.

Noun

munt f (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. mint (plant), of genus Mentha
Derived terms
  • aarmunt
  • akkermunt
  • dwergmunt
  • edelmunt
  • groene munt
  • hertsmunt
  • Japanse munt
  • kransmunt
  • kruizemunt
  • muntblad
  • muntgoudhaan
  • muntje
  • muntroest
  • muntsmaak
  • muntthee
  • muntvlinder
  • oevermunt
  • pepermunt
  • watermunt
  • witte munt
  • wollige munt
Descendants
  • → Indonesian: min

Noun

munt n (uncountable, no diminutive)

  1. mint (colour)
    Synonyms: mintgroen, mint

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

munt

  1. inflection of munten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

References

  • “munt” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
  • “munt” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
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Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

munt

  1. alternative form of mount

Etymology 2

Verb

munt

  1. alternative form of mounten

Etymology 3

Noun

munt

  1. alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.

Noun

munt m

  1. mouth

Declension

Declension of munt (masculine a-stem noun)
More information case, singular ...

Descendants

Further reading

  • “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
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Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem.

Pronunciation

Noun

munt m

  1. a hill, mound
  2. a mount or mountain
    • Old English Heptateuch, Genesis 19:30
      Loth þā ne dorste lenġ wunian on Segor ac ferde mid hys twām dohtrum afirht tō þām munte, and þār on ānum sċræfe ealle þrēo wunedon
      Frightened, Lot dared not stay in Zoar, but went with his two daughters to the mountain, and there all three of them lived in a cave.
    • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29
      And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre. And lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp. Ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs. þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.
      And they arose and shoved him from the city. And led him over the mount's top. Over that their city was built. That they thrusted him downward.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Descendants

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin mōns.

Noun

munt oblique singular, m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural munt)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of mont (“mountain”)

Etymology 2

From Latin mundus.

Noun

munt oblique singular, m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural munt)

  1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of monde (“world”)
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