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Jument

Definition: Jument

Jument

Noun

1. An animal such as a donkey or ox or elephant used for transporting loads or doing other heavy work.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "jument" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1871. (references)

Etymology: Jument \Ju"ment\, noun. [Latin expression jumentum beast of burden: compare to the French expression jument mare, OF., beast of burden.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Jument

Synonym: beast of burden (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Jument

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Carrier

Beast, beast of burden, cattle, horse, nag, palfrey, Arab, blood horse, thoroughbred, galloway, charger, courser, racer, hunter, jument, pony, filly, colt, foal, barb, roan, jade, hack, bidet, pad, cob, tit, punch, roadster, goer; racehorse, pack horse, draft horse, cart horse, dray horse, post horse; ketch; Shetland pony, shelty, sheltie; garran, garron; jennet, genet, bayard, mare, stallion, gelding; bronco, broncho, cayuse; creature, critter; cow pony, mustang, Narraganset, waler; stud.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Jument

Non-English Usage: "Jument" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (mare).

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Modern Usage: Jument

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

La Jument verte (1959)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Jument

DomainTitle

Books

  • Jument Verte (reference)

  • La jument de la nuit : roman (reference)

  • La jument qui crotte de l'argent : conte populaire recueilli aux Grandes-Bergeronnes, Quâebec : âedition et âetude linguistique (reference)

  • Maigret et l'Inspecteur Maigrecieux/ la Passager Clandestin/ le Temoignage De l'Enfant Du Choeur/ le Client le Plus Obstine Du Monde/ On Ne Tue Pas les Pauvres Types/ la Jument Perdue/ Maigret et Son Mort/ Pedigree (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Jument

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

la jument

9

phares dans la tempete la jument

5

jument

4

house jument la light

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "Jument"

Words rhyming with "jument" (pronounced 'Ju"ment'): Abasement, Abashment, Abatement, Abetment, Abjurement, Abodement, Aborsement, Abortment, Abridgment, Absentment, Abutment, Accordment, Accouchement, Accroachment, Accrument, Accusement, Acquirement, Acquitment, Adjournment, Adjudgment, Adjustment, Adorement, Adornment, Advancement, Advisement, Affeerment, Afforcement, Affordment, Affrayment, Affreightment, Affrightment, Aggroupment, Agistment, Agreement, Agroupment, Ailment, Alignment, Alinement, Allayment, Allegement, Allignment, Allotment, Allurement, Amassment, Amazement, Amendment, Amercement, Amusement, Annexment, Announcement. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Jument

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-j-m-n-t-u"

-1 letter: unmet.

-2 letters: jute, menu, mute, neum, tune.

-3 letters: emu, jet, jeu, jun, jut, men, met, mun, mut, net, nut, ten, tun.

-4 letters: em, en, et, me, mu, ne, nu, um, un, ut.

 Words containing the letters "e-j-m-n-t-u"
 

+2 letters: judgment.

 

+3 letters: judgement, judgments.

 

+4 letters: adjustment, judgements, judgmental.

 

+5 letters: adjournment, adjustments, misjudgment, prejudgment.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jument


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 75 6D 65 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01110101 01101101 01100101 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#117 &#109 &#101 &#110 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0075 006D 0065 006E 0074

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

448779718086

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Rhymes
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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