munt
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages.
Noun edit
munt (plural munts)
- (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 edit
Related to munted; see there for more.
Verb edit
munt (third-person singular simple present munts, present participle munting, simple past and past participle munted)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
munt (plural munts)
Noun edit
munt (plural munts)
- (New Zealand, slang, used by schoolchildren) Something or someone dumb or annoying.
Afrikaans edit
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
munt m (plural munts)
- (also figurative) heap
- un munt de… ― a heap (of things)
- N'hi ha un munt ― there is a lot (of it)
- (archaic or toponyms) Synonym of muntanya
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “munt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “munt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “munt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit (“coin”).
Noun edit
munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Negerhollands: mynt
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.
Noun edit
munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)
- mint (plant), of genus Mentha
- (chiefly diminutive) confection flavored with mint
Derived terms edit
- aarmunt
- akkermunt
- dwergmunt
- edelmunt
- groene munt
- hertsmunt
- Japanse munt
- kransmunt
- muntblad
- muntgoudhaan
- muntroest
- muntsmaak
- muntthee
- muntvlinder
- oevermunt
- pepermunt
- watermunt
- witte munt
- wollige munt
Descendants edit
- → Indonesian: min
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
munt
- inflection of munten:
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
munt
- Alternative form of mount
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
munt
- Alternative form of mounten
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
munt
- Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)
Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.
Noun edit
munt m
Descendants edit
- Middle Dutch: mont
Further reading edit
- “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
munt m
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Old French edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
munt oblique singular, m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural munt)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mont (“mountain”)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
munt oblique singular, m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural munt)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of monde (“world”)