junta C2 Topic:War & Conflict US /ˈhʊntə/ UK /ˈdʒʌntə/ See IPA manual Freq #34593 Meanings 1 noun a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power The junta was defeated by the government. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms antijuntajuntaismjuntocracy Common collocations military junta Adjective + noun Etymology Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623. Topics War & Conflict External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # junta **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhʊntə/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈdʒʌntə/ **Frequency rank:** 34593 ## Meanings 1. a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power ## Examples - The junta was defeated by the government. ## Derived Forms - antijunta - juntaism - juntocracy ## Etymology Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623. ## Topics - War & Conflict markdown