mint
A building or institution where money is produced under government licenceA building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
» Tom must be making a mint.
Meaning
8 sensesA building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
Münzanstalt, Münze, Münzstätte
моне́тный дворmonétnyj dvor
a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
(informal)A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.
That house is worth a mint.
It must have cost a mint to produce!
Heidengeld
больша́я су́ммаbolʹšája súmma
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
(figuratively)Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
(countable, uncountable)Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
мя́таmjáta
any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
(countable, uncountable)The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
Minze
мя́таmjáta
м'я́таmʺjáta
(countable, uncountable)A green color, like that of mint.
(countable, uncountable)A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.
мя́тная конфе́таmjátnaja konféta
a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
(Northern England, Scotland)An intent, a purpose; an attempt, a try; an effort, an endeavor.
Examples
50 sentencesTom must be making a mint.
Tom brought Mary a cup of mint tea.
Would you like a mint?
Mint grows like a weed.
Mint doesn't grow here.
М'ята тут не росте.
deMinze wächst hier nicht.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from Old English mynet (“coin”), from latFrom 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.
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”). Doublet of mentha.
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.
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Forms
plural: mintsSynonyms
30 synonyms- a candy that is flavored with a mint oil:mint candy
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent:batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplot