Dictionary

juncture en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ/ (US)
• /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃɚ/ (US)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English juncture, from Latin iūnctūra. Doublet of jointure.

Meanings

1. A place where things join, a junction.
2. A critical moment in time.
   • The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture. 1962 October, G. Freeman Allen, “The New Look in Scotland's Northern Division—II”, in Modern Railways, page 170:
   • We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.
   • What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture. 1847 October 16, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC:
3. 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.

Forms

Deriveds

junctural · junctureless · misjuncture · at this juncture · disjuncture

Relateds

conjuncture

Synonyms

instant · conjunction · combination · unity · time · fusion · point in time · sith · composite · melding · junction · merger · union · juncture · sith · minute · unification · moment · occasion · point in time · juncture

Translations (44)

cy cyswllt (junction) · fi käännekohta (critical moment in time) · fi risteys (junction) · bg критичен момент (critical moment in time) · de Zeitpunkt (critical moment in time) · de (kritischer) Augenblick (critical moment in time) · ga acomhal (junction) · cy cydiad (junction) · bg съединение (junction) · cs klíčový okamžik (critical moment in time) · cs předěl (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds) · ru стык (junction) · fr joncture (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds) · pt juntura (junction) · ru ме́сто соедине́ния (junction) · ar وُصْل (junction) · cs spojení (junction) · ru соедине́ние (junction) · ru конъюнкту́ра (critical moment in time) · es juntura (junction) · cy cyplysiad (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds) · ka გაერთიანება (junction) · ar فُتْرَة حَاسِمَة (critical moment in time) · fi junktuuri (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds) · bg шев (junction) · de Verbindungsstelle (junction) · ka შესართავი (junction) · it congiuntura (junction) · cy cyswllt (critical moment in time) · ka შეერთების ადგილი (junction) · nl kantelpunt (critical moment in time) · ru спай (junction) · de Verbindungspunkt (junction) · nl aanhechtingspunt (junction) · fr jonction (junction) · ru положе́ние дел (critical moment in time) · ca juntura (junction) · ru стече́ние обстоя́тельств (critical moment in time) · ka შეერთების წერტილი (junction) · nl verbinding (junction) · de Junktur (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds) · de Stelle (critical moment in time) · cs junktura (manner of transition between two consecutive sounds) · fi liitoskohta (junction)