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munt

See also: münt

English

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Etymology 1

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Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages.

Noun

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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

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Related to munted; see there for more.

Verb

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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) the act of munting.

Etymology 3

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Blend of man +‎ cunt

Noun

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munt (plural munts)

  1. (slang) mangina

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munt (plural munts)

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

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munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)

  1. coin
  2. mint

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin mōntem.

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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

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

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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)
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  • Negerhollands: mynt

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.

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munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

  1. mint (plant), of genus Mentha
  2. (chiefly diminutive) confection flavored with mint
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  • → Indonesian: min

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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munt

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

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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munt

  1. Alternative form of mount

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munt

  1. Alternative form of mounten

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munt

  1. Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

Old Dutch

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.

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munt m

  1. mouth

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Further reading

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  • “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

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Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem.

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munt m

  1. a hill, mound
  2. a mount or mountain
    • "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.

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Declension of munt (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative munt muntas
accusative munt muntas
genitive muntes munta
dative munte muntum

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Old French

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Etymology 1

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From Latin mōns.

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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

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From Latin mundus.

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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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