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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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
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 Blount , published 1623 , →OCLC , :A mint of phrases in his brain.
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Translations
money-producing building or institution
Verb
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 , 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 :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
2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace”, in The New York Times , →ISSN :Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted ,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT.
Translations
Adjective
mint (not comparable )
( 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 , →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.
( 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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numismatics: near-perfect
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Etymology 2
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
mint (countable and uncountable , plural mints )
Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae , typically aromatic with square stems.
Synonym: mentha
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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Translations
plant
Abaza: тшыхӏвра ( tšəḥʷra )
Abkhaz: ашьы́хә ( ašə́xʷ ) , аҟәылми́ҭа ( aqʷʼəlmíta )
Albanian: dhiozmë (sq) , mendër (sq)
Amharic: ከአዝሙድና ( käʾäzmudna )
Arabic: نَعْنَاع ( naʕnāʕ )
Egyptian Arabic: نعناع m ( neʕnāʕ )
Hijazi Arabic: نِعْنَاع m ( niʕnāʕ )
Moroccan Arabic: نعناع ( naʕnāʕ ) , ليقامة ( līqāma )
Aramaic: נענע m ( na'na' )
Armenian: անանուխ (hy) ( ananux ) , դաղձ (hy) ( daġj )
Assamese: পদিনা ( podina )
Azerbaijani: nanə (az)
Basque: mendafin (eu)
Belarusian: мя́та f ( mjáta )
Bikol Central: puliyo (bcl)
Bulgarian: ме́нта (bg) f ( ménta ) , копривка ( koprivka ) ( Plectranthus mint )
Burmese: ပူဒီနာ (my) ( pudina )
Catalan: menta (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏕᎸᏧᏃᏢᏗ ( adelvtsunotlvdi )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 薄荷 ( bok6 ho4 )
Hakka: 薄荷 ( pho̍k-hò )
Hokkien: 薄荷 (zh-min-nan) ( po̍k-hô )
Mandarin: 薄荷 (zh) ( bòhe )
Coptic: ⲁⲃⲥⲱⲛ m ( absōn )
Crimean Tatar: nane
Czech: máta (cs) f
Danish: mynte (da) c
Dutch: munt (nl) m
Esperanto: mento (eo)
Finnish: minttu (fi) , värinokkonen (fi) ( Plectranthus mint )
French: menthe (fr)
Georgian: პიტნა ( ṗiṭna )
German: Minze (de) f
Greek: μέντα (el) f ( ménta )
Ancient: μίνθη f ( mínthē ) , ἡδύοσμον n ( hēdúosmon )
Haitian Creole: mant
Hebrew: נענע (he) f ( na'na' ) , מִנְתָּה (he) f ( minta )
Hindi: पुदीना (hi) m ( pudīnā )
Hungarian: menta (hu)
Icelandic: myntur m
Ido: minto (io)
Indonesian: mint
Irish: mismín m
Italian: menta (it) f
Japanese: 薄荷 (ja) ( はっか, hakka ) , ミント (ja) ( minto )
Karachay-Balkar: дугъума ( duğuma )
Korean: 박하(薄荷) (ko) ( bakha )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pûng (ku)
Lao: ຫອມລາບ
Latin: menta f
Laz: მინთა ( minta )
Lithuanian: mėta f
Macedonian: нане f ( nane ) , мента f ( menta )
Malay: pudina (ms) , neknak (in Kelantan)
Malayalam: പുതിന ( putina )
Maltese: nagħniegħ m
Maori: hīoi
Middle English: mynte
Mingrelian: ჸვალმინთა ( ʾvalminta ) , პიტინე ( ṗiṭine )
Mongolian: батраш (mn) ( batraš )
Navajo: azeeniłchin , tólchiin
Norman: menthe f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mynte m or f
Nynorsk: mynte f
Okinawan: 薄荷 ( ふぁっか, fakka, はっか, hakka )
Old Church Slavonic: мѧта f ( męta )
Old English: minte
Old Norse: minta
Ottoman Turkish: نانه ( nane )
Persian: نعناع (fa) ( na'nâ' ) , پودنه (fa) ( pudene ) ( archaic )
Plautdietsch: Mints f
Polish: mięta (pl) f
Portuguese: menta (pt) f , hortelã (pt)
Romanian: mentă (ro) f
Russian: мя́та (ru) f ( mjáta )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: нана , метвица f
Roman: nana (sh) , metvica (sh) f
Slovak: mäta f
Slovene: meta (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: mjetwej f , mjetwja f
Upper Sorbian: mjetlička , mjatwička f
Spanish: menta (es) f , hierba buena f
Svan: პიტნა̈ჲ ( ṗiṭnäy ) , მინთუ̂ ( mintû )
Swahili: mnanaa
Swedish: mynta (sv) c
Tabasaran: шюше ( šjuše ) , гьашв ( haš° )
Tagalog: malipukon
Tamil: புதினா (ta) ( putiṉā )
Taos: pʼȍtukwʼilóna
Telugu: పుదీనా (te) ( pudīnā )
Thai: สะระแหน่ (th) ( sà-rá-nɛ̀ɛ ) , มินต์ ( mín )
Tsakhur: нуъйе ( nuʔjä )
Turkish: nane (tr)
Turkmen: narpyz
Ugaritic: 𐎀𐎐𐎐𐎃 ( ảnnḫ )
Ukrainian: м'я́та (uk) f ( mʺjáta )
Vietnamese: bạc hà (vi) (薄荷 )
Welsh: mint m
Xhosa: inxina
Yiddish: מינץ f ( mints ) , מיאַטע f ( myate ) , מיענטע f ( myente ) , מענטע f ( mente )
Adjective
mint (not comparable )
Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
Translations
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Etymology 3
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
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 .
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( 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 .
Noun
mint (plural mints )
( provincial, Northern England , Scotland ) Intent , purpose ; an attempt , try ; effort , endeavor .
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
mint
inflection of minnen :
second / third-person singular present indicative
( archaic ) plural imperative
Hungarian
Etymology
Lexicalization of mi ( “ what? ” ) + -n ( case suffix ) + -t ( locative suffix ) .
Pronunciation
Conjunction
mint
( comparison of things with a quality present at different degrees ) than
Synonyms: -nál /-nél , ( dialectal ) -tól /-től
A kastély nagyobb, mint a kutyaház. ― The castle is bigger than the dog-house.
( comparison of things with a quality present at the same degree ) as …… as
Synonyms: amint , ( literary ) akár , ( literary ) akárcsak
Olyan nagy a házam, mint a tiéd. ― My house is as big as yours.
( comparison of things with some similar quality ) like
Synonyms: amint , ( literary ) akár , ( literary ) akárcsak
Olyan ez a ház, mint egy kastély. ― This house is like a castle.
( somewhat formal , pointing at a comparable feature at a different instance ) as
Synonyms: amint , ahogy , ahogyan
Mint mondtam, ő nem tud ma eljönni. ― As I said, he cannot come today.
( stating someone's capacity in a situation ) as
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
In the context of comparison, mint starts a new clause, so a comma is needed before it.
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References
Further reading
( 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
Middle English
Etymology 1
Noun
mint
Alternative form of mynte ( “ mint (plant) ” )
Etymology 2
Noun
mint
Alternative form of mynt ( “ strike ” )
Etymology 3
Verb
mint
Alternative form of mynten
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
Verb
mint
past participle of minne
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
mint
past participle of mina
Romanian
Pronunciation
Verb
mint
inflection of minți :
first / third-person singular present indicative
first-person singular present subjunctive