noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈdʒʌntə/
UK:/ˈdʒʊntə/
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US:/ˈhʊntə/
US:/ˈhʌntə/
US:/ˈdʒʌntə/
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rhymes with -ʌntə
homophone: hunter (non-rhotic, with /h/)
CMU ARPABET:HH UH1 N T AH0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The committee of military officers that have usurped political control.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Borrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
militêre junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Afrikaans:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Arabic:
خُونْتَا
(ḵūntā)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Arabic:
مَجْلِس عَسْكَرِيّ
(majlis ʕaskariyy)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Arabic:
طُغْمَة عَسْكَرِيَّة
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Armenian:
խունտա
(xunta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Azerbaijani:
xunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Belarusian:
ху́нта
(xúnta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Bulgarian:
ху́нта
(húnta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Catalan:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Catalan:
junta militar
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Chinese Mandarin:
軍政府 /军政府
(jūnzhèngfǔ)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Chinese Mandarin:
軍事政權 /军事政权
(jūnshì zhèngquán)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Danish:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Dutch:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Dutch:
militaire junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Esperanto:
junto
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Estonian:
hunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Finnish:
sotilasjuntta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Finnish:
juntta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
French:
junte
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Galician:
xunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Galician:
xunta militar
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Georgian:
ხუნტა
(xunṭa)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Georgian:
სამხედრო ხუნტა
(samxedro xunṭa)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
German:
Junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Greek:
χούντα
(choúnta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Hebrew:
חונטה
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Indonesian:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Indonesian:
junta militer
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Irish:
giunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Italian:
giunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Japanese:
軍事政権
(gunji seiken)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
S'gaw Karen:
သုးပၢတၢ်ကရူၢ်
(thü puh ta̱ ka roo̱)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
S'gaw Karen:
သုးမီၤစိရိၤ
(thü maw̄ soh roh̄)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Kazakh:
хунта
(xunta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Khmer:
របបយោធា
(rɔbɑɑp yoothiə)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Korean:
군사 정권
(gunsa jeonggwon)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Kyrgyz:
хунта
(hunta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Lithuanian:
chunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Lithuanian:
karinė chunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Norwegian:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Polish:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Portuguese:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Portuguese:
junta militar
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Romanian:
juntă
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Russian:
ху́нта
(xúnta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Scottish Gaelic:
comhairle-riaghlaidh
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Slovak:
chunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Slovak:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Spanish:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Spanish:
junta militar
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Swedish:
junta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Turkish:
cunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Ukrainian:
ху́нта
(xúnta)
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
Uzbek:
xunta
— ruling council of a military dictatorship
