Meanings
plural muntins · alternative munting
- architectureOne of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
He looked for a bell but there were just the wires hanging from a hole so he tapped on the glass of the sidelights. They gave soft and soundless in their lead muntins.
1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 174Synonyms: glazing bar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne of the separators between panes of glass in a composite window.
Origin
- Old Frenchmontant
- Middle Englishmountaunt
- Englishmuntin
From Middle English mountaunt, from Old French montant, present participle of monter (“to put up”).
More words from Middle English, Old French
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Catalan barreta
- barretawindow pane separator
Finnish jakopuite, välipuite
- jakopuitewindow pane separator
- välipuitewindow pane separator
French croisillon
- croisillonwindow pane separator
German Sprosse, Fenstersprosse
- Sprossewindow pane separator
- Fenstersprossewindow pane separator
- Mittelpfostenwindow pane separator
Italian inglesina
- inglesinawindow pane separator
Romanian cercevea, șpros
- cerceveawindow pane separator
- șproswindow pane separator
Russian горбылёк, сре́дник
- горбылёк (gorbyljók)window pane separator
- сре́дник (srédnik)window pane separator
Swedish spröjs
- spröjswindow pane separator
Cite this entry
muntin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muntin
“muntin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/muntin. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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