munt
English
Pronunciation
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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)
- (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.
- 2006, Geoffrey Nyarota, Against the Grain: Memoirs of a Zimbabwean Newsman, Zebra Press, page 63:
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)
Etymology 3
Noun
munt (plural munts)
Afrikaans
Noun
munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin mōns, mōntem.
Pronunciation
Noun
munt m (plural munts)
- A heap
Derived terms
Dutch
Pronunciation
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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.
Noun
munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)
- mint (plant), of genus Mentha
- (chiefly diminutive) confection flavored with mint
Derived terms
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
munt
- (deprecated template usage) first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of munten
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of munten
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English munt and Anglo-Norman mount, both from Latin mōns.
Noun
munt
- Alternative form of mount
Etymology 2
From Anglo-Norman mounter, munter (“to mount”).
Verb
munt
- Alternative form of mounten
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *munþaz.
Noun
munt m
Descendants
- Middle Dutch: mont
Further reading
- “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem
Pronunciation
Noun
munt m
Descendants
Old French
Etymology 1
Noun
munt oblique singular, m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural munt)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of mont (“mountain”)
Etymology 2
Noun
munt oblique singular, m (oblique plural munz or muntz, nominative singular munz or muntz, nominative plural munt)
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of monde (“world”)
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