Joint Definition
joint
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English
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A CV joint
Etymology
The Middle English (late 13th century) noun is from Old French joint "joint of the body" (12th century), the English adjective (15th century) from Old French jointiz, both from Latin iunctus, the past participle of iungo. See also join, jugular. The meaning of "building, establishment", especially in connection with shady activities, appears in Anglo-Irish by 1821 and enters general American English slang by 1877, especially in the sense of "opium den". The sense "marijuana cigarette" is attested in 1935.
Pronunciation
Adjective
joint (not comparable)
- Done by two or more people or organisations working together.
- The play was a joint production between the two companies.
Noun
joint (plural joints)
- The point where two components of a structure join, but are still able to rotate.
- This rod is free to swing at the joint with the platform.
- The point where two components of a structure join rigidly.
- The water is leaking out of the joint between the two pipes.
- (anatomy) Any part of the body where two bones join, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.
- (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) A means of joining two pieces of wood together so that they interlock.
- The dovetail joint, while more difficult to make, is also quite strong.
- A cut of meat.
- Set the joint in a roasting tin and roast for the calculated cooking time.
- (geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
- (originally slang) A restaurant, bar, nightclub or similar business.
- It was the kind of joint you wouldn't want your boss to see you in.
- (slang) (always with the) prison
- I'm just trying to stay out of the joint.
- (slang) A marijuana cigarette.
- After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.
Synonyms
- (point where two components join, but are able to rotate): hinge, pivot
- (marijuana cigarette): See also Wikisaurus:marijuana cigarette
Translations
joint with freedom to rotate
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- Greek: αρμός (el) (armós) m., άρθρωση (el) (árthrosi) f.
- Italian: giunto (it) m.
- Russian: шарнир (ru) (šarnír) m.
- Slovak: kíb (sk) m., spoj (sk) m.
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rigid joint
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- Russian: соединение (ru) n.
- Scottish Gaelic: (in a plant's stem) glùn (gd) f.
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part of the body where bones join
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- Japanese: 関節 (ja) (かんせつ, kansetsu)
- Macedonian: зглоб (mk) (zglob) m.
- Polish: staw (pl) m.
- Portuguese: articulação (pt) f.
- Russian: сустав (ru) (sustáv) m.
- Slovak: kíb (sk) m.
- Spanish: articulación (es) f.
- Swedish: led (sv) c.
- Telugu: కీలు (te) (keelu)
- West Frisian: knier (fy)
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point of a rigid joint, means of joining in carpentry
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- Greek: αρμός (el) (armós) m.
- Polish: złącze (pl) n.
- Russian: стык (ru) (styk) m.
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geologic joint
business
prison
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- German: Knast (de) m.
- Greek: φυλακή (el) (fylakí) f., (slang) στενή (el) (stení) f.
- Swedish: kåken (sv) c.
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marijuana cigarette
- Afrikaans: joint (af)
- Dutch: joint (nl) m., stickie (nl) n.
- Esperanto: kanabcigaredo (eo)
- Finnish: jointti (fi)
- French: joint (fr) m., oinj (fr) m., pétard (fr) m., splif (fr) m., bédo (fr) m., tarpé (fr) m.
- German: Joint (de) m.
- Greek: τσιγαριλίκι (el) (tsigarilíki) n. (obsolete, slang), μπάφος (el) (báfos) m. (slang), γάρο (el) (gáro) n. (slang), κέρατο (el) (kérato) n. (slang)
- Icelandic: jóna (is) f., marijúanavindlingur (is) m.
- Italian: canna (it) f., spinello (it) m.
- Macedonian: џоинт (mk) (džóint) m.
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- Polish: dżoint (pl) m., joint (pl) m., skręt (pl) m.
- Portuguese: baseado (pt) m. (Brasil)
- Russian: косяк (ru) (kosják) m.
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: џоинт (sh) m.
- Roman: džoint (sh) m.
- Slovene: krača (sl)
- Spanish: bate (es) m. (Honduras), canuto (es) m., carruco (es) m. (Honduras), leño (es) m. (Honduras), porro (es) m.
- Swedish: joint (sv) c., joppe (sv) c., jolle (sv) c.
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Derived terms
Verb
joint (third-person singular simple present joints, present participle jointing, simple past and past participle jointed)
- (transitive) To unite by a joint or joints; to fit together; to prepare so as to fit together; as, to joint boards.
- Pierced through the yielding planks of jointed wood. - Alexander Pope
- (transitive) To join; to connect; to unite; to combine.
- Jointing their force 'gainst Cæsar. - William Shakespeare
- (transitive) To provide with a joint or joints; to articulate.
- The fingers are jointed together for motion. - Ray.
- (transitive) To separate the joints; of; to divide at the joint or joints; to disjoint; to cut up into joints, as meat.
- He joints the neck. - Dryden.
- Quartering, jointing, seething, and roasting. - Holland.
- (intransitive) To fit as if by joints; to coalesce as joints do; as, the stones joint, neatly.
References
- joint in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
French
Etymology
From the verb joindre, Latin iunctus.
Pronunciation
Noun
joint m. (plural joints)
- joint
Romanian
Etymology
English joint
Pronunciation
Noun
joint n. (plural jointuri)
- joint (bar)
- joint (marijuana cigarette)
- Hai să fumăm un joint
- Let's smoke a joint.
Declension
declension of joint
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singular |
plural |
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indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
indefinite articulation |
definite articulation |
| nominative/accusative |
un joint |
jointul |
niște jointuri |
jointurile |
| genitive/dative |
unui joint |
jointului |
unor jointuri |
jointurilor |
Swedish
Pronunciation
- (Swedish) IPA: /jɔɪnt/ or as with English pronunciation
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Noun
joint c.
- a joint, a marijuana cigarette
Declension
Declension of
joint
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