junt

English

Noun

junt (plural junts)

  1. (Scotland, obsolete) A fair-sized piece or amount; a chunk.
    • 1834, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, volume 25, page 138:
      When they were partin with Lady Killdun, she called Ned Burke aside, an (as Donald said) gave him a junt of butter betwixt two fardles of bread, which Ned put into a wallet they had for carrying some little baggage.
    • 1903, Seumas MacManus, A Lad of the O'Friels, page 43:
      "Throw a couple of turf and a junt of fir on the fire, Dinny, a thaisge, afore ye sit down," he said.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin iūnctus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

junt (feminine junta, masculine plural junts, feminine plural juntes)

  1. joined

Derived terms

Adverb

junt

  1. together

Noun

junt m (plural junts)

  1. joint
  2. grout, grouting

Synonyms

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Unknown, seems a newer loan from an unknown source or an internal creation.

Noun

junt n (plural junturi)

  1. gun, firearm

Declension

References

  • Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 338
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