munt

See also: münt

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /mʌnt/

• Audio (AU)

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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.
   • 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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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

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Afrikaans

Noun

munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)

1. coin
2. mint

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mōns, mōntem.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

munt m (plural munts)

1. A heap

Derived terms

• amunt

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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, from Latin monēta.

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

• herdenkingsmunt
• munteenheid
• muntslag
• muntstuk

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

• pepermunt
• muntsmaak
• muntthee

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

munt

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

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English munt and Anglo-Norman mount, both from Latin mōns.

Noun

munt

1. Alternative form of mount

Etymology 2

From Anglo-Norman mounter, munter (“to mount”).

Verb

munt

1. Alternative form of mounten

Etymology 3

Noun

munt

1. Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

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Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *munþaz.

Noun

munt m

1. mouth

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mont
  • Dutch: mond
    • Afrikaans: mond
  • Limburgish: móndj

Further reading

• “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

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Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /munt/

Noun

munt m

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

Descendants

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

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Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin mōns.

Noun

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

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