Noun: jonque
Gender: f
Hyphenation:
| Singular f | jonque |
| Plural f | jonques |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like jonque
polémochorie,
kératotomie,
farigoule,
compréhension,
palestre,
abnégation,
hyperuricémie,
psychométrie,
minicassette,
piézo-électricité,
potabilité,
aromathérapie,
conjugalité,
conjugaison,
cohésion,
obscurité,
bacillose,
cohæsion,
aponévrotomie,
sylvie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Italian giunca / giunco, from Portuguese junco, from Arabic جُنْك (junk), from Malay jong, from Javanese ꦗꦺꦴꦁ (jong), from Old Javanese joṅ (“seagoing ship”), probably ultimately from Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₂luuŋ ~ *d₂luŋ ~ *d₂luəŋ ~ *d₂ləŋ (“boat”). Compare German Dschunke, Spanish junco, English junk, Dutch jonk. See: Italian Nouns '
giunca', Portuguese Nouns '
junco', German Nouns '
Dschunke', Spanish Nouns '
junco', English Nouns '
junk'.
Verbs referencing "jonque"
Italian Nouns
giunca, Romanian Nouns
joncă, German Nouns
Dschunke.
Translations