# munt
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /mʌnt/
* Audio (General Australian):(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)
* (Australia, slang) To vomit (usually while drunk).
* (slang) To engage in the act of munting.

### Etymology 3

Blend of man +‎ cunt

#### Noun

munt (plural munts)
* (slang) mangina

#### Noun

munt (plural munts)
* (New Zealand, slang, used by schoolchildren) Something or someone dumb or annoying.

## Afrikaans
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)
* coin
* mint

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin mōntem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈmun]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈmunt]

### Noun

munt m (plural munts)
* (also figurative) heap
    un munt de… ― a heap (of things)
    N'hi ha un munt ― there is a lot (of it)
* (archaic or toponyms) Synonym of muntanya

#### Derived terms

* a munts
* amunt
* amuntegar
* muntó

#### Related terms

* montà

### 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, 2025
* “munt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)
* coin
    Synonym: muntstuk
* currency
    Synonym: munteenheid
* tails (side of a coin)
    Antonyms: kop, kruis
* mint (institution)

##### 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 late Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta. Doublet of mint.

#### Noun

munt f (uncountable)
* mint (plant), of genus Mentha

##### Derived terms

* aarmunt
* akkermunt
* dwergmunt
* edelmunt
* groene munt
* hertsmunt
* Japanse munt
* kransmunt
* kruizemunt
* muntblad
* muntgoudhaan
* muntje
* muntroest
* muntsmaak
* muntthee
* muntvlinder
* oevermunt
* pepermunt
* watermunt
* witte munt
* wollige munt

##### Descendants

* → Indonesian: min

#### Noun

munt n (uncountable)
* mint (colour)
    Synonyms: mintgroen, mint

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

munt
* inflection of munten:
** first/second/third-person singular present indicative
** imperative

### References

* “munt” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
* “munt” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

munt
* Alternative form of mount

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

munt
* Alternative form of mounten

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

munt
* Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

## Old Dutch
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.

### Noun

munt m
* mouth

#### Descendants

* Middle Dutch: mont
** Dutch: mond, mont (obsolete)
*** Afrikaans: mond
*** Javindo: mon
*** Negerhollands: mond, mon, mun, mont
**** → Virgin Islands Creole: mon, mout (dated)
*** Petjo: mon
*** Skepi Creole Dutch: mont
** Limburgish: móndj

#### Further reading

* “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

## Old English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin mōns, montem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /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.

#### Declension

Strong a-stem:

#### Derived terms

* foremunt
* muntælfen
* muntclȳse
* muntġēof
* muntland

#### Descendants

* Middle English: mount, mont, mounte, mownt, munt
** English: mount
** Scots: munt

## Old French
### Etymology 1

From Latin mōns.

#### 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”)

### Etymology 2

From Latin mundus.

#### 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”)