different between junto vs junco

English

Etymology

Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n.t??/, /?d??n.t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??n.to?/

Noun

junto (plural juntos or juntoes)

1. A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:

     I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.

Anagrams

• Jotun, Jötun, Tounj, jotun, jötun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.tu/
• Hyphenation: jun?to

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese junto, from Latin i?nctus.

Adjective

junto m (feminine singular junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas, not comparable)

1. together

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• juntamente

Related terms

• juntar

Adverb

junto (not comparable)

1. together (at the same time, in the same place)

   Synonym: juntamente

2. near, next

   Synonyms: ao pé, ao lado, à beira, perto

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• junto com

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of juntar

Further reading

• “junto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunto/, [?x?n?.t?o]

Etymology 1

From Latin i?nctus (“joined, united”).

Adjective

junto (feminine junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas)

1. together
2. joined
3. next to

Adverb

junto

1. together

2. (all) together, (in) total

Preposition

junto

1. next to, together with, alongside (+ a)

2. along with, together with, alongside (+ con)
3. in conjunction with (+ con)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of juntar.

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junco (“reed, rush”), from Latin iuncus (“reed, rush”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yoy-ni-. Doublet of juncus and junk.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d???k??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d???ko?/
• Rhymes: -??k??
• Hyphenation: jun?co

Noun

junco (plural juncos or juncoes)

1. Any bird of the genus Junco, which includes several species of North American sparrow.
2. (obsolete) The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus), a bird found in Europe and much of the Palearctic.

Hyponyms

• blue snowbird, snowbird (Junco hyemalis)
• dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis hyemalis)

Derived terms

• dark-eyed junco

Related terms

• juncaceous
• Junco
• juncous

Translations

References

Further reading

• junco on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Latin

Noun

junc?

1. dative singular of juncus
2. ablative singular of juncus

Portuguese

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. reed, rush

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)

Descendants

• ? English: junk (or via Dutch jonk)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunko/, [?x??.ko]
• Rhymes: -unko

Etymology 1

From Latin iuncus. Cognate with English junk.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. reed, rush

   Synonyms: junquera, carrizo, caña

Derived terms

• junquillo

Descendants

• ? English: junco
• ? Translingual: Junco

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Portuguese junco, from Malay jong.

Noun

junco m (plural juncos)

1. (nautical) junk (a Chinese ship)