mint
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Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
mint (plural mints)
- A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- (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
- (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
- c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- A mint of phrases in his brain.
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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.
- 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.
- To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
- a. 1627 (date written), Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks 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.
- (transitive, cryptocurrencies) To create a crypto token.
- Coordinate term: mine
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mint (not comparable)
- (with condition) Like new.
- in mint condition
- (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
- (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
- (Northern England, especially Manchester, Geordie, 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.
- (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.
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Etymology 2 edit
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”).
Noun edit
mint (countable and uncountable, 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.
- A green colour, like that of mint.
- mint:
- A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
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- coleus (Plectranthus mint)
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- apple mint
- bergamot mint
- brandy mint
- breast mint
- breath mint
- brook mint
- brown mint
- catmint
- chocolate mint
- corn mint
- Corsican mint
- crisped mint, crisp mint
- curled mint
- double bubble mint
- eau de cologne mint
- energy mint
- field mint
- fish mint
- garden mint
- grapefruit mint
- horse mint
- hot mint
- Kendal mint cake
- Korean mint
- licorice mint
- mackerel mint
- mint cake
- mint chocolate chip
- mint cream
- mint-drop
- mint geranium
- mint green
- mint imperial
- mint jelly
- mint julep
- mint julip
- mint moth
- Minto
- mint sauce
- mint-sling
- mint-stick
- mint tea
- mint vinegar
- mint-water
- minty
- mountain mint
- orange mint
- peppermint
- pineapple mint
- scotch mint
- spearmint
- squaw mint
- stone mint
- wafer-thin mint
- water mint
- wild mint
- wood mint (Blephilia)
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mint (not comparable)
- Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
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- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
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Etymology 3 edit
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 edit
mint (third-person singular simple present mints, present participle minting, simple past and past participle minted)
- (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
- (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
- (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)
- (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
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mint
- inflection of minnen:
Hungarian edit
Etymology edit
Lexicalization of mi (“what?”) + -n (case suffix) + -t (locative suffix).[1]
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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
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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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References edit
- ^ mint in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
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- (most senses given above): mint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (as): mint in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
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mint
- Alternative form of mynte (“mint (plant)”)
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mint
- Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)
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mint
- Alternative form of mynten
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mint
- past participle of minne
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mint
- past participle of mina
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mint
- inflection of minți: