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mint

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English

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, 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. Doublet of money and manat. The verb is from the noun; Old English mynetian (“to mint”) is a parallel formation.

Noun

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mint (plural mints)

  1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
  3. (informal) A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
    Synonyms: (informal) bundle, (slang) pile, (colloquial) small fortune
    That house is worth a mint.
    It must have cost a mint to produce!
    to make a mint
  4. (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
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Verb

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mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)

  1. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
    • 1914, Wen Pin Wei, chapter IV, in The Currency Problem in China‎[1], Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 111:
      For some time past the legal currency in the various Provinces has been insufficient for use. Formerly the two Provinces of Fuchien and Kuangtung minted some large, round copper coins of excellent workmanship that were said, by the people after they were put into circulation, to be convenient.
  2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
    • a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany Works of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 24:
      Titles […] as may appeare to be easily minted
    • 2022 November 17, Paul Salopek, “A ‘Slow Storytelling’ Writing and Photography Workshop Boosts Conservation in China”, in National Geographic‎[2]:
      China’s newly minted national parks don’t just safeguard famous keystone species such as Siberian tigers, giant pandas and Hainan gibbons. They are also designed to preserve the shrinking ecosystems that support such iconic wildlife, ranging from sweltering (tropical jungles in the southern province of Hainan to the chilly maple forests of northern Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces bordering Siberia.
  4. (transitive, cryptocurrencies) To create a crypto token.
    Coordinate term: mine
    • 2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace”, in The New York Times‎[3], →ISSN:
      Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT.
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Adjective

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mint (not comparable)

  1. (with condition) Like new.
    in mint condition
    • 2021 March 13, Erin Griffith, “From Crypto Art to Trading Cards, Investment Manias Abound”, in The New York Times‎[4], →ISSN:
      Trading card sales have taken off, too. The price of mint condition cards on StockX jumped to an average $775 in January from $280 a year ago.
  2. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
  3. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
  4. (Northern England, especially Manchester, Geordie, slang) Very good, excellent.
    • 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.
    • 2024 July 14, Rachel Hall, quoting Ashley Cullen, “‘I’ve never seen owt like it’: England fans in Benidorm in high spirits before Euro final”, in The Guardian‎[5], →ISSN:
      “Everyone was having a beano, everyone was partying, the music was going, it was mint – as soon as England won we booked it.”
  5. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.
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Etymology 2

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A mint plant.

From Middle English mynte, from Old English minte (“mint plant”), from Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), 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”). Doublet of mentha.

Noun

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mint (countable and uncountable, plural mints)

  2. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
    Synonym: mentha
  3. The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
  4. A green color, like that of mint.
    mint:  
  5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
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Adjective

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mint (not comparable)

  1. Of a green color, like that of the mint plant.
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Etymology 3

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From Middle English minten, from Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from Proto-West Germanic *muntijan (“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.

Verb

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mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)

  1. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
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  2. (transitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
  3. (intransitive, chiefly Scotland) To hint; suggest; insinuate.

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mint (plural mints)

  1. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) An intent, a purpose; an attempt, a try; an effort, an endeavor.
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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English mint, from Middle English mynte, from Old English minte, from late Proto-West Germanic *mintā (“mint”), from Latin menta. Doublet of munt.

Noun

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mint f (plural mints)

  1. a mint-flavored candy
    Synonyms: pepermunt, muntje

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mint n (uncountable)

  1. mint (colour)
    Synonyms: mintgroen, munt

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mint (not comparable)

  1. mint (colour)
    Synonym: mintgroen
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Declension of mint
uninflected mint
inflected mint
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial mint
indefinite m./f. sing. mint
n. sing. mint
plural mint
definite mint
partitive mints

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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mint

  1. inflection of minnen:
    1. second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. (archaic) plural imperative

References

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  • “mint” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
  • “mint” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Lexicalization of mi (“what?”) +‎ -n (adverb-of-manner-forming suffix) + -t +‎ [Term?] +‎ [Term?] (locative suffix).[1]

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Adverb

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mint (archaic, except in fixed phrases in sense 1)

  1. (now slightly formal) as, how (in the manner or way that)
    Synonyms: amint, ahogy, ahogyan
    Mint mondtam, ő nem tud ma eljönni. ― As I said, he cannot come today.
  2. how? (in what way or manner)
    Synonyms: hogy, hogyan, miként

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mint

  1. (comparison of things with a quality present at different degrees) than (specifying the basis of comparison)
    Synonyms: -nál/-nél, (dialectal) -tól/-től
    A kastély nagyobb, mint a kutyaház. ― The castle is bigger than the dog-house.
  2. (comparison of things with a quality present at the same degree) as …… as (to the same extent or degree)
    Synonyms: amint, (literary) akár, (literary) akárcsak
    Olyan nagy a házam, mint a tiéd. ― My house is as big as yours.
  3. (comparison of things with some similar quality) like (similar to, reminiscent of)
    Synonyms: amint, (literary) akár, (literary) akárcsak
    Olyan ez a ház, mint egy kastély. ― This house is like a castle.
  4. (stating someone’s role or capacity in a situation) as (in the role of)
    Synonyms: -ként, -képp/-képpen, -ul/-ül
    János mint zsűritag vett részt az eseményen. ― János took part in the event as a member of the jury.

Usage notes

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In the context of comparison, mint starts a new clause, so a comma is needed before it.

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Hungarian table of correlatives (see also Hungarian demonstrative adverbs)
question question
word 		this that same every-/all no- relative some- any- other-/else- a few
e/i- a/o- ugyan- mind-
minden- 		se(m/n)- a- vala- akár-, bár- más- né-
who ki ő ugyanő mindenki senki aki valaki akárki, bárki másvalaki –
what mi ez az ugyanez
ugyanaz		 minden
mindez, mindaz		 semmi ami, amely valami akármi, bármi más
másvalami		 –
which melyik mindegyik
mind		 semelyik
egyik sem		 amelyik valamelyik
egyik		 akármelyik, bármelyik másik némelyik
how hogy(an)
miként, mint
miképp(en) 		így
ekként
ekképp(en)		 úgy
akként
akképp(en)		 ugyanígy
ugyanúgy		 mindenhogy(an)
mindenképp(en)
mindenféleképpen		 sehogy(an)1
semmiképp(en)
semmiféleképpen		 ahogy(an)
(a)mint
(a)miképpen		 valahogy(an)2
valamiképp(en)		 akárhogy(an), bárhogy(an)
akár-/bármiképpen		 máshogy(an)
másként
másképp(en)		 némiképpen
what…like
what kind 		milyen
miféle 		ilyen
efféle		 olyan
afféle		 ugyanilyen
ugyanolyan		 mindenféle semmilyen
semmiféle		 amilyen valamilyen
valamiféle		 akármilyen, bármilyen
akármiféle, bármiféle		 másmilyen, másfajta
másféle		 néhányféle
where hol itt ott ugyanitt
ugyanott		 mindenhol
mindenütt		 sehol ahol valahol akárhol, bárhol máshol
másutt		 néhol
from where honnan innen onnan ugyaninnen
ugyanonnan		 mindenhonnan sehonnan ahonnan valahonnan akárhonnan, bárhonnan máshonnan –
to where hova
hová 		ide oda ugyanide
ugyanoda		 mindenhova
mindenhová		 sehova
sehová		 ahova
ahová		 valahova
valahová		 akárhova, bárhova
akárhová, bárhová		 máshova
máshová		 –
from which way merről erről arról ugyanerről
ugyanarról		 mindenfelől semerről amerről valamerről akármerről, bármerről másfelől –
which way merre
merrefelé 		erre
errefelé		 arra
arrafelé		 ugyanerre
ugyanarra		 mindenfelé semerre amerre valamerre akármerre, bármerre másfelé –
why miért ezért azért ugyanezért
ugyanazért		 mindenért semmiért amiért valamiért akármiért, bármiért másért –
how many hány ennyi annyi ugyanennyi
ugyanannyi		 mind
az összes		 sehány ahány valahány akárhány, bárhány – néhány
how much mennyi semennyi amennyi valamennyi akármennyi, bármennyi némi
what extent mennyire ennyire annyira ugyanennyire
ugyanannyira		 (teljesen) semennyire amennyire valamennyire akármennyire, bármennyire – –
what size mekkora ekkora akkora ugyanekkora
ugyanakkora		 (az egész) semekkora amekkora valamekkora akármekkora, bármekkora – –
what time mikor ekkor akkor ugyanekkor
ugyanakkor		 mindig soha/sose(m)
sohase(m)
semmikor		 amikor valamikor akármikor, bármikor máskor néha
how long
how far 		meddig eddig addig ugyaneddig
ugyanaddig		 (végig)3 semeddig amíg
ameddig		 valameddig akármeddig, bármeddig –  –

1 Semhogy and semmint are conjunctions meaning “(rather) than”, “before” (as in inkább meghal, semhogy… ― he'll rather die than…).
2 Valamint is now only used in the sense of “as well as” in enumerations.
3 Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig).
Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”).

References

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  1. ^ mint in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2024.

Further reading

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  • mint in Ferenc Pusztai, editor, Magyar értelmező kéziszótár [A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÉKsz.2), 2nd, expanded and revised edition, Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003 (online searchable version under development).
  • (adverb): mint in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
  • (conjunction): mint in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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mint

  1. Alternative form of mynte (“mint (plant)”)

Etymology 2

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Noun

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mint

  1. Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

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mint

  1. Alternative form of mynten

Norwegian Bokmål

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Verb

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mint

  1. past participle of minne

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mint

  1. past participle of mina

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mint

  1. inflection of minți:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive

Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English mint.

Noun

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mint m (plural mintoedd)

  1. mint, coinage
    Synonym: bathdy

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mint (feminine singular mint, plural mint, not comparable)

  1. (informal) mint condition, pristine
    Synonym: perffaith

Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Unclear in GPC”).

Noun

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mint

  1. (confectionery, obsolete) mint
    Synonyms: mintys, pubren
  2. (obsolete) mint plant, especially spearmint (Mentha × spicata)
    Synonyms: mintys, mintys ysbigog

Mutation

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Mutated forms of mint
radical soft nasal aspirate
mint fint unchanged unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “mint”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh-English Dictionary, Gwerin
  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “mint”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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