• (British) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.tʃə(ɹ)/
• (America) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃɚ/

juncture (plural junctures)

1. A place where things join, a junction.

   Synonyms: Thesaurus:junction

2. A critical moment in time.

   We're at a crucial juncture in our relationship.

   • 1847 October 15, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], Jane Eyre. An Autobiography. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC ↗:

     What a mercy you are shod with velvet, Jane! a clodhopping messenger would never do at this juncture.

3. (linguistics) 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.

• conjuncture

• French: jonction
• German: Verbindungspunkt, Verbindungsstelle
• Italian: congiuntura
• Portuguese: juntura
• Russian: стык
• Spanish: juntura

• German: (kritischer) Augenblick, Zeitpunkt, Stelle
• Russian: конъюнкту́ра

• French: joncture
• German: Junktur