munt

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Derived from umntu, Ndebele for a human being

Noun [edit]

munt (plural munts)

  1. (Rhodesian slang, originally military; pejorative, offensive, ethnic slur) A black person, usually a man
    • 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. I suspect its origin was the word umntu, Ndebele for a person or human being

Catalan [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin mōns

Noun [edit]

munt m (plural munts)

  1. A heap

Dutch [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Cognate with English money

Noun [edit]

munt f, m (plural munten, diminutive muntje)

  1. A coin
  2. A monetary currency
  3. The flipside tails
  4. a mint (institution)
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Etymology 2 [edit]

From Latin mentha (the plant mint)

Noun [edit]

munt f, m (plural munten, diminutive muntje)

  1. The herb mint, of genus Mentha
  2. (mainly the diminutive form muntje, except in compound words) A confection flavored with mint
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Etymology 3 [edit]

Verb [edit]

munt

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of munten
  2. imperative of munten

Middle English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Anglo-Norman munter (to mount)

Verb [edit]

munt

  1. to mount

Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin mōns

Noun [edit]

munt m

  1. A hill, mound
  2. A mount or mountain

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Old French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Latin mōns

Noun [edit]

munt m (oblique plural munz, nominative singular munz, nominative plural munt)

  1. A mountain