munt

See also: münt

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /mʌnt/

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, pejorative, 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

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

Afrikaans

Noun

munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)

  1. coin
  2. mint

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mōns, mōntem.

Pronunciation

Noun

munt m (plural munts)

  1. A heap

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʏnt/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-Germanic *munitą, *munitō, from Latin monēta. Cognate to German Münze, English mint.

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

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

Etymology 3

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

munt

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

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman munter (“to mount”)

Verb

munt

  1. to mount

Old English

Etymology

From Latin mōns

Noun

munt m

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

Descendants

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”)
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