jument
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English jument, from Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.
Noun[edit]
jument (plural juments)
- (obsolete) An animal, especially a beast of burden.
- 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
- That men should feed on such a kinde of meat, / Which very juments would refuse to eat.
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Latin iūmentum. Documented since 1413. Doublet of jumenta and also etymology 2.
Noun[edit]
jument m (plural juments)
Usage notes[edit]
Now rare outside of the eastern Pyrenean zone.
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from French jument, from Latin iūmentum.
Noun[edit]
jument f (plural juments) (Northern)
References[edit]
- “jument” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Franco-Provençal[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
jument (ORB large)
References[edit]
- jument in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Further information[edit]
- ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 736: “jument” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French jument, from Latin iūmentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jument f (plural juments)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “jument”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Anglo-Norman jument or directly from Latin iūmentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jument (rare)
Descendants[edit]
- English: jument
References[edit]
- “jūment, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- jumente (sense 2)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Latin iūmentum.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jument oblique singular, f (oblique plural jumenz or jumentz, nominative singular jument, nominative plural jumenz or jumentz)
- beast of burden
- mare (female horse)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
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