mint

Meaning

Noun

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.
3. (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

Verb

1. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
3. (transitive) To create a crypto token.

Adj

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, not-comparable) Ellipsis of mint condition: like new.
2. (not-comparable) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
3. (not-comparable) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
4. (Geordie, Northern-England, not-comparable, slang) Very good, excellent.
5. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, not-comparable, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

Adj

Of a green color, like that of the mint plant.

Verb

1. (Northern-England, Scotland, intransitive) To try, attempt; take aim.
2. (Northern-England, Scotland, transitive) To try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.
3. (Scotland, intransitive) To hint; suggest; insinuate.

Synonyms

coin

🪙

peppermint

strike

mint candy

stamp

mass

tidy sum

lot

spearmint

passel

flock

mold

mountain

⛰️

wad

muckle

batch

quite a little

peck

pile

neologize

good deal

plenty

pot

great deal

hatful

heap

raft

emboss

sight

cast

create

slew

invent

fabricate

deal

spate

stack

mess

mickle

top

🔝

unflawed

unmounted

volumed

whip

whop

worst

large number

Labiatae

Lamiaceae

incuse

Translations

menthe

menta

munt

🪙

Minze

menta

menta

menta

zecca

coniare

prägen

μέντα

pepermunt

kruizemunt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/mɪnt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: mynt

Inherited from Old English: mynet

Cognate with Old English: mynetian

Inherited from Middle English: mynte

Inherited from Old English: minte

Cognate with Old Norse: minta

Inherited from Middle English: minten

Inherited from Old English: myntan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: mintsje

Cognate with Dutch: munten

Cognate with German: münzen

Cognate with Dutch: monter

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃

Cognate with Old English: munan

In summary

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.