mynt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mynt, probably via Old English mynet, ultimately from Latin monēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn̥t/

  Rhymes: -ɪn̥t

  Homophones: minnt, mynnt

Noun

mynt f (genitive singular myntar, nominative plural myntir)

1. a coin

   Synonym: peningur

2. a currency

   Synonym: gjaldmiðill

Declension

declension of mynt

f-s2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mynt	myntin	myntir	myntirnar
accusative	mynt	myntina	myntir	myntirnar
dative	mynt	myntinni	myntum	myntunum
genitive	myntar	myntarinnar	mynta	myntanna

Derived terms

• Efnahags- og myntbandalagið (“Economic and Monetary Union”)
• gullmynt (“gold specie”)
• innleiðing sameiginlegu myntarinnar (“introduction of the single currency”)
• myntaskja (“coin box”)
• Myntbandalag Evrópu (“European Monetary Union”)
• myntbandalag (“Monetary Union”)
• mynteining (“monetary unit”)
• myntflokkun (“coin-sorting”)
• myntflokkunarvél (“coin-sorting machine”)
• myntfræði (“numismatics”)
• myntpökkun (“coin-wrapping”)
• myntpökkunarvél (“coin-wrapping machine”)
• myntsímasjálfsali (“coin operated public pay-telephone”)
• myntslátta (“striking of coins”)
• myntstýrður leikur (“coin-operated game”)
• mynttalning (“coin-counting”)
• mynttalningarvél (“coin-counting machine”)
• óslegin mynt (“coin blank”)
• slá mynt
• svara í sömu mynt
• vél til að meðhöndla mynt (“coin-handling machine”)

 

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mynet, from Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta; doublet of moneye.

Alternative forms

• menet, munet, mynte, myntte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mint/

Noun

mynt (plural myntes)

2. money, coin
3. mint (place where money is coined)

Derived terms

• mynter

Descendants

• English: mint

References

• “mint(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From mynten.

Alternative forms

• munt, mint, minte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mint/

Noun

mynt (plural myntes)

2. intent, purpose
3. (attempted) strike

Descendants

• English: mint (dialectal)
• Scots: mint

References

• “mint, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

mynt

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

Etymology 4

Noun

mynt

1. Alternative form of mynten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin moneta, via Old Norse mynt.

Noun

mynt m (definite singular mynten, indefinite plural mynter, definite plural myntene)

1. a coin (piece of currency)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• minnemynt
• myntenhet

 

References

• “mynt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin moneta, via Old Norse mynt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mynt/
• IPA^(key): /myɲc/ (Trøndelag)

Noun

mynt m (definite singular mynten, indefinite plural myntar, definite plural myntane)

1. a coin (piece of currency)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• mynteining

 

References

• “mynt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

See mynta (“to coin”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏnt/

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Noun

mynt n

1. a coin (piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc)

   Synonym: ((1-)krona coin) krona

Declension

Declension of mynt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	mynt	myntet	mynt	mynten
Genitive	mynts	myntets	mynts	myntens

See also

• med samma mynt
• -mynt
• mynta
• slå mynt av
• två sidor av samma mynt (“two sides of the same coin”)

References

• mynt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mynt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mynt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• mynt in Reverso Context (Swedish-English)