mint
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Etymology 1Edit
From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin, money”), from late Proto-Germanic *munitą, *munitō (“coin”), from Latin monēta (“place for making coins, coined money”), from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made; akin to Dutch munt (“currency, coin, mint”), German Münze (“coin, coinage, mint”), Danish mønt (“coin”), and to Russian моне́та (monéta, “coin”). Doublet of money, which came through Old French.
NounEdit
mint (plural mints)
- A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
- (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
- Shakespeare
- A mint of phrases in his brain.
- Shakespeare
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mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)
- (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
- To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
- Francis Bacon
- titles […] of such natures as may be easily minted
- Francis Bacon
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AdjectiveEdit
mint (not comparable)
- (with condition) Like new.
- in mint condition.
- (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
- (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
- (Britain, slang) Very good.
- 2014, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
- And my God, what a house it was – it was mint! In all my life I had never set foot in such a beautiful place.
- 2014, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
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Etymology 2Edit
From Old English minte (“mint plant”), from Proto-Germanic *minta, from Latin menta, probably from a lost Mediterranean language either through Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), μίνθα (míntha) or directly. Akin to Old Norse minta (“mint”).
NounEdit
mint (plural mints)
- Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
- The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
- Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
- A green colour, like that of mint.
- mint colour:
- A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
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mint (not comparable)
- Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
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Etymology 3Edit
From Middle English minten, from Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from Proto-Germanic *muntaną, *muntijaną (“to think, consider”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”), Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”), German Low German münten (“to aim at”), German münzen (“to aim at”), Dutch monter (“cheerful, gladsome, spry”), Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns, “thought, opinion”), Old English munan (“to be mindful of, consider, intend”). More at mind.
VerbEdit
mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)
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- (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
- (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
- (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.
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mint (plural mints)
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mint
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of minnen
- (archaic) plural imperative of minnen
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Lexicalization of mi (“what?”) + -n (case suffix) + -t (locative suffix).[1]
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ConjunctionEdit
mint
- (comparison of things with a quality present at different degrees) than
- (comparison of things with a quality present at the same degree) as …… as
- (comparison of things with some similar quality) like
- (somewhat formal, pointing at a comparable feature at a different instance) as
- (stating someone's capacity in a situation) as
Usage notesEdit
In the context of comparison, mint starts a new clause, so a comma is needed before it.
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- Category:Hungarian similes
- a hazug embert hamarabb utolérik, mint a sánta kutyát
- jobb félni, mint megijedni
- jobb későn, mint soha
- jobb ma egy veréb, mint holnap egy túzok
- ki mint vet, úgy arat
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
Further readingEdit
- (most senses given above): mint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.
- (as): mint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.