junta
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌntə
- Homophone: hunter (in non-rhotic accents with foot–strut split)
Noun edit
junta (plural juntas)
- The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
- A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
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Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
junta
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
junta f (plural juntas, reintegrationist norm)
- reintegrationist spelling of xunta
Further reading edit
- “junta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
junta
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of juntar:
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
junta (first-person possessive juntaku, second-person possessive juntamu, third-person possessive juntanya)
- (politics) junta: a council, convention, tribunal or assembly; the ruling council of a military dictatorship.
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “junta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from Spanish junta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
junta f
- junta (the grand council of state in Spain)
- (military) junta (ruling council of a military dictatorship)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: jun‧ta
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese junta, from Latin iūncta, from iūnctus, perfect passive participle of iūngō (“to join”).
Noun edit
junta f (plural juntas)
- (anatomy) joint (part of the body where two bones join)
- Synonym: articulação
- (collective) task force (group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity)
- Synonyms: força-tarefa, mutirão
- (collective) council (committee that leads or governs)
- (collective) team (set of yoked draught animals)
- Synonym: parelha
- the gap between floor bricks or tiles
- material used to fill the gap between floor tiles
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective edit
junta
Adverb edit
junta
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
junta
- inflection of juntar:
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
junta
Etymology 2 edit
Deverbal from juntar, or from Latin iūncta. Doublet of yunta.
Noun edit
junta f (plural juntas)
- board, council, committee
- joint, gasket
- Synonyms: juntura, unión, acoplamiento
- meeting (a gathering for a purpose)
- contact, acquaintances
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
junta
- inflection of juntar:
Further reading edit
- “junta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish junta, from Latin juncta, the perfect passive participle of jungere.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
junta c
- a junta (usually of military dictatorships, like in English)
- Synonym: militärjunta (“military junta”)
- (chiefly in compounds) (the people in) a small recurring social meeting centered on some recreational activity, a bee
Declension edit
Declension of junta | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | junta | juntan | juntor | juntorna |
Genitive | juntas | juntans | juntors | juntornas |
Derived terms edit
- syjunta (“sewing circle”)