different between junta vs faction

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iung? (“join”). 1623.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??nt?/, /?d??nt?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?h?nt?/, /?h?nt?/

Noun

junta (plural juntas)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• jantu, jaunt

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??un.t?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?d??un.ta/

Adjective

junta

1. feminine singular of junt

Polish

Etymology

From Spanish junta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xun.ta/

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 s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• junta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.t?/

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese junta, from Latin i?ncta, from i?nctus, perfect passive participle of i?ng? (“I 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 main entry.

Adjective

junta

1. feminine singular of junto

Adverb

junta

1. feminine of junto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junta

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of juntar

   Ele junta isso.

   He connects/gathers this.

2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of juntar

   Tu aí, junta isso sozinho.

   You there, connect/gather this by yourself.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunta/, [?x?n?.t?a]

Etymology 1

Adjective

junta

1. feminine singular of junto

Etymology 2

From juntar, or from Latin iuncta.

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

1. council, committee
2. joint, gasket
3. meeting (a gathering for a purpose)
4. contact, acquaintances

Descendants

• ? Polish: junta

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junta

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of juntar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of juntar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of juntar.

Further reading

• “junta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fæk.??n/, /?fæk.?n?/
• Rhymes: -æk??n

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin facti? (“a group of people acting together, a political faction”), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faci? (“do, make”). Doublet of fashion.

Noun

faction (countable and uncountable, plural factions)

1. (countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
2. (uncountable) Strife; discord.
   • 1805, Johann Georg Cleminius, Englisches Lesebuch für Kaufleute, pg. 188:

     Publick [sic] affairs soon fell into the utmost confusion, and in this state of faction and perplexity, the island continued, until its re-capture by the French in 1779.

   • 2001, Odd Magne Bakke, "Concord and Peace": A Rhetorical Analysis of the First Letter of Clement With an Emphasis on the Language of Unity and Sedition, publ. Mohr Siebeck, ?ISBN, pg. 89:

     He asks the audience if they believe that they will be more loved by the gods if the city is in a state of faction than if they govern the city with good order and concord.

Derived terms

• factional
• factionalize

Related terms

Translations

See also

• splinter group

Etymology 2

Blend of fact +? fiction.

Noun

faction (uncountable)

1. A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction

Derived terms

• science faction

Related terms

• fact
• fiction

See also

• Non-fiction novel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin facti?, facti?nem. Compare façon, which is inherited rather than borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fak.sj??/

Noun

faction f (plural factions)

1. act of keeping watch
2. a watchman
3. (politics) a faction; specifically one which causes trouble

Further reading

• “faction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).