muni

See also: muní, munì, muñí, and -muni

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of municipal.

Noun

muni (plural munis)

  1. (finance) A municipal bond.
    I invested half of my savings in a muni fund.
  2. A facility operated by a municipal government, such as a golf course or train line.
    We usually play at a muni.
  3. The municipal government / municipality

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit मुनि (muni).

Noun

muni (plural munis)

  1. (Jainism, Buddhism) A holy man; a sage or ascetic. [from 18th c.]
    • 1980, Gene Wolfe, The Shadow of the Torturer, ch. 17:
      Disguising himself, he ventured into the countryside, where he spied a muni meditating beneath a plane tree.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -uni

Verb

muni

  1. third-person singular past indicative of munia
  2. present active indicative connegative of munia
  3. second-person singular present imperative of munia
  4. second-person singular present active imperative connegative of munia

Anagrams


French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /my.ni/

Participle

muni (feminine munie, masculine plural munis, feminine plural munies)

  1. past participle of munir

Further reading


Gothic

Romanization

muni

  1. Romanization of 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌹

Latin

Verb

mūnī

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of mūniō

Ngarrindjeri

Noun

muni

  1. mosquito

Pali

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit मुनि (muni, sage, ascetic), from मन् (man, think).[1]

Noun

muni m

  1. monk, sage

Declension

References

  1. Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Portuguese

Verb

muni

  1. inflection of munir:
    1. first-person singular preterite indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit मुनि (muni, sage, ascetic), from मन् (man, think). Compare Spanish muñir.

Noun

munì

  1. thinking according to logic and reason

Derived terms

  • muni-muni
  • pagmumuni
  • pagmumuni-muni
  • pagmuni-munihin
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