munt

See also: münt

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mʌnt/

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• Rhymes: -ʌnt

Etymology 1

Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages.

Noun

munt (plural munts)

1. (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

Related to munted; see there for more.

Verb

munt (third-person singular simple present munts, present participle munting, simple past and past participle munted)

1. (Australia, slang) To vomit (usually while drunk).

Etymology 3

Blend of man +‎ cunt

Noun

munt (plural munts)

1. (slang) mangina

Noun

munt (plural munts)

1. (New Zealand, slang, used by schoolchildren) Something or someone dumb or annoying.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Noun

munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)

1. coin
2. mint

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈmun]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [ˈmunt]

Noun

munt m (plural munts)

1. (also figurative) heap

   un munt de… ― a heap (of things)

   N'hi ha un munt ― there is a lot (of it)

2. (archaic or toponyms) Synonym of muntanya

Derived terms

• amunt
• a munts

Further reading

• “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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏnt/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: munt
• Rhymes: -ʏnt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit (“coin”).

Noun

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

1. coin

   Synonym: muntstuk

2. currency

   Synonym: munteenheid

3. tails (side of a coin)

   Antonyms: kop, kruis

4. mint (institution)

Derived terms

• chocolademunt
• cryptomunt
• euromunt
• herdenkingsmunt
• munteenheid
• muntgas
• muntgasmeter
• muntgeld
• munthervorming
• muntpariteit
• muntrol
• muntslag
• muntstelsel
• muntstuk
• munttelefoon
• muntunie
• muntvoet
• muntwezen
• muntzijde
• pasmunt
• rekenmunt
• spaarmunt
• standaardmunt
• tekenmunt

 

Descendants

• Negerhollands: mynt

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.

Noun

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

1. mint (plant), of genus Mentha
2. (chiefly diminutive) confection flavored with mint

Derived terms

• aarmunt
• akkermunt
• dwergmunt
• edelmunt
• groene munt
• hertsmunt
• Japanse munt
• kransmunt
• muntblad
• muntgoudhaan
• muntroest
• muntsmaak
• muntthee
• muntvlinder
• oevermunt
• pepermunt
• watermunt
• witte munt
• wollige munt

Descendants

• → Indonesian: min

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

munt

1. inflection of munten:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

munt

1. Alternative form of mount

Etymology 2

Verb

munt

1. Alternative form of mounten

Etymology 3

Noun

munt

1. Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.

Noun

munt m

1. mouth

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mont
  • Dutch: mond, mont
    • Afrikaans: mond
    • Javindo: mon
    • Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
      • → Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
    • Petjo: mon
    • Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
  • Limburgish: móndj

Further reading

• “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /munt/

Noun

munt m

1. a hill, mound
2. a mount or mountain
   • "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29

     And hiġ ārīson and scūfon hine of ðǣre ceastre. And lǣddon hine ofer ðæs muntes cnæpp. Ofer þone hyra buruh ġetimbrud wæs. þ hī hyne nyðer bescūfon.

     And they arose and shoved him from the city. And led him over the mount's top. Over that their city was built. That they thrusted him downward.

Declension

Declension of munt (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	munt	muntas
accusative	munt	muntas
genitive	muntes	munta
dative	munte	muntum

Derived terms

• foremunt
• muntælfen
• muntclȳse
• muntġēof
• muntland

Descendants

• Middle English: mount, mont, mounte, mownt, munt
  • English: mount
  • Scots: munt

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin mōns.

Noun

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

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mont (“mountain”)

Etymology 2

From Latin mundus.

Noun

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

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of monde (“world”)