jument
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English jument, from Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.
Noun edit
jument (plural juments)
- (obsolete) An animal, especially a beast of burden.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by 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.
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin iūmentum. Documented since 1413. Doublet of jumenta and also etymology 2.
Noun edit
jument m (plural juments)
Usage notes edit
Now rare outside of the eastern Pyrenean zone.
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from French jument, from Latin iūmentum.
Noun edit
jument f (plural juments) (Northern)
References edit
- “jument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
jument (ORB large)
References edit
- jument in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information edit
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 736: “jument” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French jument, from Latin iūmentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jument f (plural juments)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “jument”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English edit
Etymology edit
From Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jument (rare)
Descendants edit
- English: jument
References edit
- “jūment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French edit
Alternative forms edit
- jumente (sense 2)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Latin iūmentum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
jument oblique singular, f (oblique plural jumenz or jumentz, nominative singular jument, nominative plural jumenz or jumentz)
- beast of burden
- mare (female horse)
Descendants edit
References edit
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