jonc

• junc

Inherited from Latin iuncus (“reed”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈʒoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈʒoŋk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒoŋk]

jonc m (plural joncs)

1. rush (plant of the genus Juncus)
2. reed (hollow stem of rush plant)

• enjoncar
• jonca
• joncós
• jonquera
• jonquet

• jonça

• “jonc”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Inherited from Middle French jonc, from Old French jonc, from Latin iuncus (“bulrush; cane made from a bulrush”).

• IPA^(key): /ʒɔ̃/

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jonc m (plural joncs)

1. (botany) rush, bulrush
2. cane, rattan
3. trim (of a car)
4. bangle, ring
5. (slang) gold, object made of gold
6. (slang, dated) dick (penis)

• ajonc
• macjonc

• “jonc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From Old Dutch jung, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuh₁n̥ḱós.

jonc

1. young

   Antonym: out

2. (in the superlative) most recent

• Dutch: jong
  • Afrikaans: jonk
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: junggu
  • Negerhollands: jun
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: jungu
  • → Papiamentu: yòn, jonk
  • → Saramaccan: njonku
• Limburgish: jong

• “jonc (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “jonc (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I