noun · countable / uncountable · rare

mince

mince · minces

фарш

Hack, Hackfleisch, Gehacktes, Hackepeter

Finely chopped meat; minced meatFinely chopped meat; minced meat.

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/mɪns/

» Tom doesn't mince words.

Tom nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Том прямолінійний. — deniko

Том говорить те, що думає. — deniko

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Meaning

6 senses

(uncountable)Finely chopped meat; minced meat.
Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato.
Hackfleisch, Gehacktes, Hack
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(uncountable)Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.
During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies.
(countable)An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
(countable)An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
(Cockney, countable, in the plural, slang)An eye (from mince pie).
(UK, slang, uncountable)Something worthless; rubbish.
That band's new album is total mince.

More definitions

food chopped into small bits

Examples

38 sentences

Tom doesn't mince words.
Том прямолінійний. — deniko
deTom nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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I don't mince words.
Я говорю те, що думаю. — deniko
deIch nehme mir kein Blatt vor den Mund. — Manfredo
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Tom did not mince his words.
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Tom doesn't mince his words.
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Tom didn't mince his words.
deTom nahm sich kein Blatt vor den Mund. — brauchinet
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

finely chopped meat — see also ground beef:

Русский

By meaning 1

finely chopped meat — see also ground beef:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

finely chopped meat — see also ground beef:

Origin

From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make l

From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *minnisōn, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon minsōn (“to make less, make smaller”), Old Dutch minson (“to make smaller”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min.

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