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5-letter words (2 found)

JAUNT,JUNTA,

4-letter words (3 found)

AUNT,TUAN,TUNA,

3-letter words (10 found)

ANT,JUN,JUT,NAT,NUT,TAJ,TAN,TAU,TUN,UTA,

2-letter words (8 found)

AN,AT,JA,NA,NU,TA,UN,UT,

You can make 23 words from junta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of junta

junta ujnta jnuta njuta unjta nujta jutna ujtna jtuna tjuna utjna tujna jntua njtua jtnua tjnua ntjua tnjua untja nutja utnja tunja ntuja tnuja junat ujnat jnuat njuat unjat nujat juant ujant jaunt ajunt uajnt aujnt jnaut njaut janut ajnut najut anjut unajt nuajt uanjt aunjt naujt anujt jutan ujtan jtuan tjuan utjan tujan juatn ujatn jautn ajutn uajtn aujtn jtaun tjaun jatun ajtun tajun atjun utajn tuajn uatjn autjn taujn atujn jntau njtau jtnau tjnau ntjau tnjau jnatu njatu jantu ajntu najtu anjtu jtanu tjanu jatnu ajtnu tajnu atjnu ntaju tnaju natju antju tanju atnju untaj nutaj utnaj tunaj ntuaj tnuaj unatj nuatj uantj auntj nautj anutj utanj tuanj uatnj autnj taunj atunj ntauj tnauj natuj antuj tanuj atnuj

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Definitions and meaning of junta

junta

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (join). Attested from 1623.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʒʌntə/, /ˈdʒʊntə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhʊntə/, /ˈhʌntə/
  • Rhymes: -ʌntə
  • Homophone: hunter (in non-rhotic accents with foot–strut split)

Noun

junta (plural juntas)

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

Translations

Anagrams

  • jantu, jaunt

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʒun.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈd͡ʒun.ta]

Adjective

junta

  1. feminine singular of junt

Galician

Etymology 1

Noun

junta f (plural juntas, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of xunta

Further reading

  • “junta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Etymology 2

Verb

junta

  1. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of juntar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊn.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ta, -a
  • Hyphenation: jun‧ta

Noun

junta (first-person possessive juntaku, second-person possessive juntamu, third-person possessive juntanya)

  1. (politics) junta: a council, convention, tribunal or assembly; the ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Alternative forms

  • yunta

Further reading

  • “junta” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish junta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxun.ta/
  • Rhymes: -unta
  • Syllabification: jun‧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 słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • junta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: jun‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese junta, from Latin iūncta, from iūnctus, perfect passive participle of iūngō (to 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 corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

junta

  1. feminine singular of junto

Adverb

junta

  1. feminine of junto

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junta

  1. inflection of juntar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxunta/ [ˈxũn̪.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -unta
  • Syllabification: jun‧ta

Etymology 1

Adjective

junta

  1. feminine singular of junto

Etymology 2

Deverbal from juntar, or from Latin iūncta. Doublet of yunta.

Noun

junta f (plural juntas)

  1. board, council, committee
    Synonyms: comité, consejo, gabinete, asamblea
  2. joint, gasket
    Synonyms: juntura, unión, acoplamiento
  3. meeting (a gathering for a purpose)
    Synonyms: reunión, asamblea, pleno
  4. contact, acquaintances
Derived terms
Descendants
  • English: junta
  • Greek: χούντα (choúnta)
  • Polish: junta
  • Swedish: junta

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

junta

  1. inflection of juntar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta, from Latin juncta, the perfect passive participle of jungere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²jɵn.ta/

Noun

junta c

  1. a junta (usually of military dictatorships, like in English)
    Synonym: militärjunta (military junta)
  2. (chiefly in compounds) (the people in) a small recurring social meeting centered on some recreational activity, a bee

Declension

Derived terms

  • syjunta (sewing circle)

References

  • junta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • junta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • junta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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