junt

English

Noun

junt (plural junts)

1. (Scotland, obsolete) A fair-sized piece or amount; a chunk.
   • 1834, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, volume 25, page 138:

     When they were partin with Lady Killdun, she called Ned Burke aside, an (as Donald said) gave him a junt of butter betwixt two fardles of bread, which Ned put into a wallet they had for carrying some little baggage.

   • 1903, Seumas MacManus, A Lad of the O'Friels, page 43:

     "Throw a couple of turf and a junt of fir on the fire, Dinny, a thaisge, afore ye sit down," he said.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūnctus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʒun]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʒunt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈd͡ʒunt]

Adjective

junt (feminine junta, masculine plural junts, feminine plural juntes)

1. joined

Derived terms

• juntament

Adverb

junt

1. together

Related terms

• ajuntar
• tot junt

Noun

junt m (plural junts)

1. joint
2. grout, grouting

Synonyms

• juntura

Further reading

• “junt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “junt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “junt” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “junt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown, seems a newer loan from an unknown source or an internal creation.

Noun

junt n (plural junturi)

1. gun, firearm

Declension

Declension of junt

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) junt	juntul	(niște) junturi	junturile
genitive/dative	(unui) junt	juntului	(unor) junturi	junturilor
vocative	juntule		junturilor

References

• Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 338