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English
Noun
junt (plural junts)
- (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)
- joined
Derived terms
Adverb
junt
- together
Related terms
Noun
junt m (plural junts)
- joint
- 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)
- gun, firearm
Declension
References
- Paliga, Sorin (2024) An Etymological Dictionary of the Romanian Language, New York: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 338