English

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 +‎ ****

Noun

munt ‎(plural munts)

1. (slang) mangina

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin mōns, mōntem.

Noun

munt m ‎(plural munts)

1. A heap

Derived terms

• amunt

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏnt/

Etymology 1

Cognate with English money

Noun

munt f, m ‎(plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

1. A coin
2. A monetary currency
3. The flipside tails
4. a mint (institution)

Synonyms

• (coin): muntstuk

Antonyms

• (the flipside tails): kruis, kop

Derived terms

• kop of munt heads or tails
• kruis of munt heads or tails
• munteenheid
• muntslag m

Etymology 2

From Latin mentha ‎(“the plant mint”)

Noun

munt f, m ‎(plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

1. The herb mint, of genus Mentha
2. (mainly the diminutive form muntje, except in compound words) A confection flavored with mint

Derived terms

• muntsmaak

Etymology 3

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

• English: mount

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”)