juncture

English

Etymology

From Latin iūnctūra.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒʌŋk.tʃɚ/, /ˈdʒʌŋk.ʃɚ/

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Noun

juncture (plural junctures)

1. A place where things join, a junction.
2. A critical moment in time.

   We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.

   • 1847, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

     What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture.

3. (linguistics) The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.

Usage notes

In highly formal or bureaucratic language, "at this juncture" is often used to mean “now”:

I'm unable to ascertain its whereabouts at this juncture.

Translations

junction

• Bulgarian: съединение (bg) n (sǎedinenie), шев (bg) m (šev)
• Catalan: juntura (ca) f
• Dutch: aanhechtingspunt (nl) n, verbinding (nl) f
• Finnish: risteys (fi)
• French: jonction (fr) f
• Georgian: შეერთების წერტილი (šeertebis c̣erṭili), შესართავი (šesartavi), გაერთიანება (gaertianeba), შეერთების ადგილი (šeertebis adgili)

• German: Verbindungspunkt m, Verbindungsstelle f
• Irish: acomhal m
• Italian: congiuntura (it) f
• Portuguese: juntura (pt) f
• Russian: стык (ru) m (styk), соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije), спай (ru) m (spaj), ме́сто соедине́ния n (mésto sojedinénija)
• Spanish: juntura (es) f

critical moment in time

• Bulgarian: критичен момент (kritičen moment)
• Dutch: ogenblik (nl) n
• Finnish: käännekohta (fi)

• Russian: конъюнкту́ра (ru) f (konʺjunktúra), стече́ние обстоя́тельств (ru) n (stečénije obstojátelʹstv), положе́ние дел n (položénije del)

manner of transition between two consecutive sounds

• Finnish: junktuuri
• French: joncture (fr)

• German: Junktur (de)

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Latin

Participle

jūnctūre

1. vocative masculine singular of jūnctūrus