different between munter vs minger

English

Etymology 1

Late 1990s, presumably from munt (“to vomit”) and munted (“inebriated; disgusting”) +? -er, perhaps with influence from Turkish mantar (“mushroom”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?n.t?/

Noun

munter (plural munters)

1. (Britain, slang, derogatory) An ugly person.

   Synonyms: minger, biffer, ugly duckling

2. (New Zealand, Australia, slang) A person often impaired by alcohol or recreational drugs.

Etymology 2

From Middle French montre.

Alternative forms

• monter, mounter, muntour, montour, mountour, muntoure, muntor, muntar

Pronunciation

• (then no foot-strut split nor approximant /r/) IPA^(key): [?m?n.t?r]

Noun

munter (plural munters)

1. (obsolete, Scotland, pre-1700) a watch, the thing that one wears to know the time

Danish

Etymology

From German munter (“merry, awake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?nt?r/, [?m?n?d??]

Adjective

munter

1. merry, cheerful

Inflection

Synonyms

• fornøjet
• fornøjelig, lystig

Derived terms

• munterhed

German

Etymology

From Middle High German munter, from Old High German muntar, from Proto-Germanic *mundraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nt?/
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Adjective

munter (comparative munterer, superlative am muntersten)

1. merry, awake, brisk, cheery.

Declension

Synonyms

• rege
• lebhaft

Antonyms

• müde
• matt
• schlapp

Related terms

• aufmunternd
• ermunternd

Further reading

• “munter” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?munt?/

Adjective

munter

1. cheerful, happy, merry

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From German munter

Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrere, indefinite superlative muntrest, definite superlative muntreste)

1. cheerful

References

• “munter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From German munter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?nt?r/

Adjective

munter (neuter singular muntert, definite singular and plural muntre, comparative muntrare, indefinite superlative muntrast, definite superlative muntraste)

1. cheerful

References

• “munter” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Verb

munter

1. Alternative form of monter

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

Compare German munter; Dutch monter.

Adjective

munter

1. awake; sharp; alert
2. lively; sprightly

Swedish

Adjective

munter

1. merry; jolly; happy

Anagrams

• numret

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From German Mutter (“mother; nut.”)

Noun

munter f (definite singular muntra, plural munter, definite plural muntren)

1. a nut (for bolts)

Synonyms

• skruvmunter

English

Etymology

See minging (from Scots mingin) and -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m???/

Noun

minger (plural mingers)

1. (Britain, slang, offensive) An unattractive or ugly person (of either sex).

   She's a minger!

References

Synonyms

• munter
• ugly duckling

Anagrams

• germin, mering

Picard

Etymology

From Old Northern French mengier, northern variant of Old French mangier, from Latin manducare, present active infinitive of manduco.

Verb

minger

1. to eat

   I n’o rin mingè innui

   He didn't eat anything today

Conjugation

Spanish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ming? (“to urinate”), itself from Proto-Italic *h?mi-n-??-, n-infix of *h?mey??-. Cognate with Latin m?i?, Ancient Greek ?????? (omeíkh?), Sanskrit ????? (mehati), Old Norse míga, Tocharian B mi?o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min?xe?/, [m???xe?]

Verb

minger (first-person singular present minjo, first-person singular preterite mingí, past participle mingido)

1. (nonstandard, rare) to urinate

   Synonyms: orinar, (vulgar) mear

   • 1998, Andrés Trapiello, Una caña que piensa

     orinales en los que han mingido tres generaciones de viejos prostáticos

   • 2000, Andrés Trapiello, Las inclemencias del tiempo

     estaba uno en los mingitorios de la planta baja, mingiendo, se me apareció

Conjugation

Related terms

• micción
• micto
• mictor
• mictriz
• mingencia
• mingente