mint
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Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English minten, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English myntan (“to mean, intend, purpose, determine, resolve”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *muntaną, *muntijaną (“to think, consider”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Saterland Frisian mintsje, muntsje (“to aim, target”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch munten (“to aim at, target”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch monter (“cheerful, gladsome, spry”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gothic 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 (muns, “thought, opinion”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
- (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)
Etymology 2
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English mynet (“coin, money”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *munitą, *munitō (“coin”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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; akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch munt (“currency, coin, mint”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Münze (“coin, coinage, mint”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish mønt (“coin”), and to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian моне́та (monéta, “coin”).
Noun
mint (plural mints)
- A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- (informal) A large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.
- That house is worth a mint
- It must have cost a mint to produce!
- (figurative) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
- Shakespeare
- A mint of phrases in his brain.
- Shakespeare
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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.
- To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
- Francis Bacon
- titles […] of such natures as may be easily minted
- Francis Bacon
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Adjective
mint (not comparable)
- (of condition) as new.
- in mint condition.
- (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
- (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
- (UK, 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.
- 2014, Holly Hagan, Not Quite a Geordie
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Etymology 3
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin menta (“the plant”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse minta (“mint”).
Noun
mint (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.
- Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
- 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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Adjective
mint (comparative minter, superlative mintest)
- Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.
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Conjunctionmint
Usage notesIn the context of comparison, mint starts a new clause, so a comma is needed before it. SynonymsDerived terms(Expressions):
See alsoNorwegian BokmålAlternative formsVerbmint
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