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单词 mint
释义

mint

See also: MINT

English

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mĭnt, IPA(key): /mɪnt/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

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)

  1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
  2. (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
  3. (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 606515358, [Act I, scene i]:
      A mint of phrases in his brain.
  • money
  • monetary
Translations

Verb

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, Columbia University Press, OCLC 2008330, 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 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 557721855, 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.
  3. (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 0362-4331:
      Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT.
Translations

Adjective

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, ISSN 0362-4331:
      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, Tyneside) 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.
  5. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.
Translations

Derived terms

  • mintage
  • minted
  • mintmark

See also

  • bullion

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”).

Noun

mint (countable and uncountable, plural mints)

  1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
  2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
  3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
  4. A green colour, like that of mint.
    mint:  
  5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
Hyponyms
  • coleus (Plectranthus mint)
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun mint
  • apple mint
  • bergamot mint
  • brandy mint
  • breath mint
  • brook mint
  • brown mint
  • catmint
  • chocolate mint
  • corn mint
  • crisped mint, crisp mint
  • curled mint
  • eau de cologne mint
  • field mint
  • fish mint
  • grapefruit mint
  • horse mint
  • mackerel mint
  • mint cake
  • mint-drop
  • mint imperial
  • mint jelly
  • mint julep
  • Minto
  • mint sauce
  • mint-sling
  • mint-stick
  • mint tea
  • mint vinegar
  • mint-water
  • minty
  • mountain mint
  • peppermint
  • pineapple mint
  • scotch mint
  • spearmint
  • stone mint
  • water mint
  • wild mint
  • wood mint (Blephilia)
  • calamint, menthol
Translations

Adjective

mint (not comparable)

  1. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
Translations
colour
The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked

See also

  • balm
  • bee balm
  • bergamot
  • betony
  • catnip
  • clary
  • dragonhead
  • henbit
  • horehound
  • labiate
  • lamb’s ears
  • lemon balm
  • monarda
  • oregano
  • patchouli
  • pennyroyal
  • perilla
  • rosemary
  • salvia
  • selfheal
  • skullcap
  • spike lavender
  • thyme
  • wild bergamot
  • woundwort
  • Appendix:Colors

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)

  1. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  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.

Noun

mint (plural mints)

  1. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

Anagrams

  • NTIM

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Verb

mint

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

Hungarian

ed  Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
questionthisthatsameevery-/allno-relativesomeanyelse
e/i-a/o-ugyanmind(en)-se(m/n)-a- + qu.vala akár
bár		más
whokiőumindenkisenkiakiva bm
whatmiezazu umindensemmiami /
amely		va bm
whichmelyikmindegyik
mind		semelyik
egyik sem		amelyikva bm
howhogy(an)
miként		ígyúgyu umindenhogy
mindenhogyan		sehogy(an)
semmiképpen		(a)mint
ahogy(an)		v
v		a b
a b		m/m
m/m
what…like
what kind		milyen
miféle		ilyen
efféle		olyan
afféle		u umindenfélesemmilyen
semmiféle		amilyenv
v		a b
a b		m
m/m
whereholittottu umindenhol
mindenütt		seholaholva bm
m
from wh.honnaninnenonnanu umindenhonnansehonnanahonnanva bm
to wherehova
hová		ideodau umindenhova
mindenhová		sehova
sehová		ahova
ahová		v
v		a b
a b		m
m
from
which way		merrőlerrőlarrólu umindenfelőlsemerrőlamerrőlva bm
which waymerreerrearrau umindenfelésemerreamerreva bm
whymiértezértazértu umindenértsemmiértamiértva bm
how manyhányennyiannyiu umind
az összes		sehányahányva b–
how muchmennyisemennyiamennyiva b
wh. extentmennyireennyireannyirau u(teljesen)semennyireamennyireva b–
what sizemekkoraekkoraakkorau u(az egész)semekkoraamekkorava b–
what timemikorekkorakkoru umindigsoha/sose(m)
sohase(m)		amikorva bm
how long
how far		meddigeddigaddigu u(végig)*semeddigameddigva b–
*: 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”).
né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words.

Etymology

Lexicalization of mi (“what?”) +‎ -n (case suffix) +‎ -t (locative suffix).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmint]
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: mint
  • Rhymes: -int

Conjunction

mint

  1. (comparison of things with a quality present at different degrees) than
    A kastély nagyobb, mint a kutyaház. ― The castle is bigger than the dog-house.
    Synonyms: -nál/-nél, (dialectal) -tól/-től
  2. (comparison of things with a quality present at the same degree) as …… as
    Olyan nagy a házam, mint a tiéd. ― My house is as big as yours.
    Synonyms: amint, (literary) akár, (literary) akárcsak
  3. (comparison of things with some similar quality) like
    Olyan ez a ház, mint egy kastély. ― This house is like a castle.
    Synonyms: amint, (literary) akár, (literary) akárcsak
  4. (somewhat formal, pointing at a comparable feature at a different instance) as
    Mint mondtam, ő nem tud ma eljönni. ― As I said, he cannot come today.
    Synonyms: amint, ahogy, ahogyan
  5. (stating someone's capacity in a situation) as
    János mint zsűritag vett részt az eseményen. ― János took part in the event as a member of the jury.
    Synonyms: -ként, -képp/-képpen, -ul/-ül

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

Compound words
  • amint
  • mintegy
  • mintha
  • minthogy
  • mintsem
  • valamint
Expressions
  • 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

See also

  • ahogy
  • olyan

References

  1. 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.)

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’). 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’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Noun

mint

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

Noun

mint

  1. Alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

Verb

mint

  1. Alternative form of mynten

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • minna, minnet

Verb

mint

  1. past participle of minne

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

mint

  1. past participle of mina

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [mint]

Verb

mint

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