different between ndebele vs munt

Spanish

Adjective

ndebele (plural ndebele or ndebles)

1. Ndebele

Noun

ndebele m or f (plural ndeble or ndebeles)

1. Ndebele

Noun

ndebele m (uncountable)

1. Ndebele

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /m?nt/

Etymology 1

Probably derived from Northern Ndebele umuntu, with stress on the first syllable, which is uncommon for Nguni languages.

Noun

munt (plural munts)

1. (Rhodesia, slang, originally military, derogatory, 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

Related to munted; see there for more.

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 +? cunt

Noun

munt (plural munts)

1. (slang) mangina

Afrikaans

Noun

munt (plural munte, diminutive muntjie)

1. coin
2. mint

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?ns, m?ntem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?munt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?mun/

Noun

munt m (plural munts)

1. A heap

Derived terms

• amunt

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?nt/
• Hyphenation: munt
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch munte, from Old Dutch munita, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin mon?ta.

Noun

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

1. coin

   Synonym: muntstuk

2. currency

   Synonym: munteenheid

3. tails (side of a coin)

   Antonyms: kop, kruis

4. mint (institution)

Derived terms

• herdenkingsmunt
• munteenheid
• muntslag
• muntstuk

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch mente, minte, from Latin mentha.

Noun

munt f (plural munten, diminutive muntje n)

1. mint (plant), of genus Mentha
2. (chiefly diminutive) confection flavored with mint

Derived terms

• pepermunt
• muntsmaak
• muntthee

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

munt

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of munten
2. imperative of munten

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

munt

1. Alternative form of mount

Etymology 2

Verb

munt

1. Alternative form of mounten

Etymology 3

Noun

munt

1. Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *munþ.

Noun

munt m

1. mouth

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mont
  • Dutch: mond
    • Afrikaans: mond
  • Limburgish: móndj

Further reading

• “munt”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?ns, montem

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /munt/

Noun

munt m

1. a hill, mound
2. a mount or mountain

Declension

Derived terms

• foremunt
• muntælfen
• muntcl?se
• munt??of
• muntland

Descendants

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

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin m?ns.

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”)