iunctio

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From iungō +‎ -tiō.

Noun

iūnctiō f (genitive iūnctiōnis); third declension

  1. joining, uniting
  2. joint, junction, union

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative iūnctiō iūnctiōnēs
genitive iūnctiōnis iūnctiōnum
dative iūnctiōnī iūnctiōnibus
accusative iūnctiōnem iūnctiōnēs
ablative iūnctiōne iūnctiōnibus
vocative iūnctiō iūnctiōnēs

Descendants

  • English: junction
    • Bengali: জংশন (joṅśon)
    • Japanese: ジャンクション
  • French: jonction
  • Italian: giunzione
  • Portuguese: junção
  • Romanian: joncțiune
  • Sicilian: junziuni (older), junzioni

References

  • iunctio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers