juncture
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/
The English word “juncture” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- A place where things join, a junction.
- A critical moment in time.
- The manner of moving (transition) or mode of relationship between two consecutive sounds; a suprasegmental phonemic cue, by which a listener can distinguish between two otherwise identical sequences of sounds that have different meanings.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.
Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “juncture” there
More English words
About this dictionary
The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.
Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.