mincen
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old English minsian (from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną) and Old French mincer (from Old French mince).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmincen
- To mince; to cut up or slice up food into small pieces.
- (figurative) To divide or partition.
Conjugation
editConjugation of mincen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “mincen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-15.
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