munt
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /mʌnt/
Audio (AU) (file) - 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)
- (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)
Noun
munt (plural munts)
- (New Zealand, slang, used by schoolchildren) Something or someone dumb or annoying.
Catalan
Noun
munt m (plural munts)
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 (file) - Hyphenation: munt
- Rhymes: -ʏnt
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit (“coin”).
Noun
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)
- mint (plant), of genus Mentha
- (chiefly diminutive) confection flavored with mint
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: min
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Middle English
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.
Descendants
Further reading
- “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /munt/
Noun
munt m
- a hill, mound
- 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.
- "Gospel of Saint Luke", chapter 4, verse 29
Declension
Old French
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”)
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”)