junta

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See also: Junta and juntá

English

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Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (join). Attested from 1623.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/
    • (file)
    • (file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌntə
  • Homophone: hunter (in non-rhotic accents with foot–strut split)

Noun

junta (plural juntas)

  1. The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
  2. A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

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Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

junta

  1. feminine singular of junt

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

junta f (plural juntas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xunta

Further reading

  • junta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Etymology 2

Verb

junta

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of juntar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊn.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a
  • Hyphenation: jun‧ta

Noun

junta (first-person possessive juntaku, second-person possessive juntamu, third-person possessive juntanya)

  1. (politics) junta: a council, convention, tribunal or assembly; the ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Alternative forms

Further reading

Polish

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish junta.

Pronunciation

Noun

junta f

  1. junta (the grand council of state in Spain)
  2. (military) junta (ruling council of a military dictatorship)

Declension

Further reading

  • junta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • junta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: jun‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese junta, from Latin iūncta, from iūnctus, perfect passive participle of iūngō (to join).

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

  1. (anatomy) joint (part of the body where two bones join)
    Synonym: articulação
  2. (collective) task force (group of people working towards a particular task, project, or activity)
    Synonyms: força-tarefa, mutirão
  3. (collective) council (committee that leads or governs)
  4. (collective) team (set of yoked draught animals)
    Synonym: parelha
  5. the gap between floor bricks or tiles
  6. material used to fill the gap between floor tiles
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

junta

  1. feminine singular of junto

Adverb

junta

  1. feminine of junto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junta

  1. inflection of juntar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxunta/
  • Audio (Venezuela):(file)
  • Rhymes: -unta
  • Syllabification: jun‧ta

Etymology 1

Adjective

junta

  1. feminine singular of junto

Etymology 2

Deverbal from juntar, or from Latin iūncta. Doublet of yunta.

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

  1. board, council, committee
    Synonyms: comité, consejo, gabinete, asamblea
  2. joint, gasket
    Synonyms: juntura, unión, acoplamiento
  3. meeting (a gathering for a purpose)
    Synonyms: reunión, asamblea, pleno
  4. contact, acquaintances
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: junta
  • Greek: χούντα (choúnta)
  • Polish: junta
  • Swedish: junta

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junta

  1. inflection of juntar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta, from Latin juncta, the perfect passive participle of jungere.

Pronunciation

Noun

junta c

  1. a junta (usually of military dictatorships, like in English)
    Synonym: militärjunta (military junta)
  2. (chiefly in compounds) (the people in) a small recurring social meeting centered on some recreational activity, a bee

Declension

Declension of junta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative junta juntan juntor juntorna
Genitive juntas juntans juntors juntornas

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