jument
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
French
Noun [edit]
jument (plural juments)
- (obsolete) A beast; especially, a beast of burden.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
- That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French, from Latin iūmentum (“baggage animal”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
jument f (plural juments)
- mare (female horse)
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin iūmentum (“baggage animal”).
Noun [edit]
jument f (oblique plural jumenz, nominative singular jument, nominative plural jumenz)
- mare (female horse)
Categories:
- English terms derived from French
- English nouns
- English terms with obsolete senses
- French terms derived from Old French
- French terms derived from Latin
- French nouns
- French feminine nouns
- French countable nouns
- fr:Horses
- French nouns with irregular gender
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French nouns
- Old French feminine nouns
- fro:Animals
