mintとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From Middle English mynt, münet (“money, coin”), from 古期英語 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; 古期英語 mynetian (“to mint”) is a parallel formation.

名詞

mint (複数形 mints)

1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
3. (informal) A vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.

   Synonyms: (くだけた用法) bundle, (スラング) pile, (口語) small fortune

   That house is worth a mint.

   It must have cost a mint to produce!

   to make a mint

4. (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:

     A mint of phrases in his brain.

関連する語

• money
• monetary

動詞

mint (三人称単数 現在形 mints, 現在分詞 minting, 過去形および過去分詞形 minted)

1. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
   • 1914, Wen Pin Wei, chapter IV, in The Currency Problem in China‎^[1], Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 111:

     For some time past the legal currency in the various Provinces has been insufficient for use. Formerly the two Provinces of Fuchien and Kuangtung minted some large, round copper coins of excellent workmanship that were said, by the people after they were put into circulation, to be convenient.

2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
   • a. 1627 (date written)​, Francis [Bacon], “Considerations Touching a VVarre vvith Spaine. […]”, in William Rawley, editor, Certaine Miscellany VVorks of the Right Honourable Francis Lo. Verulam, Viscount S. Alban. […], London: […] I. Hauiland for Humphrey Robinson, […], published 1629, →OCLC, page 24:

     Titles […] as may appeare to be easily minted

   • 2022 November 17, Paul Salopek, “A ‘Slow Storytelling’ Writing and Photography Workshop Boosts Conservation in China”, in National Geographic‎^[2]:

     China’s newly minted national parks don’t just safeguard famous keystone species such as Siberian tigers, giant pandas and Hainan gibbons. They are also designed to preserve the shrinking ecosystems that support such iconic wildlife, ranging from sweltering (tropical jungles in the southern province of Hainan to the chilly maple forests of northern Heilongjiang and Jilin Provinces bordering Siberia.

4. (transitive, cryptocurrencies) To create a crypto token.

   Coordinate term: mine

   • 2021 March 11, Scott Reyburn, “JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace”, in The New York Times‎^[3], →ISSN:

     Beeple’s collaged JPG was made, or “minted,” in February as a “nonfungible token,” or NFT.

形容詞

mint (not comparable)

1. (with condition) Like new.

   in mint condition

   • 2021 March 13, Erin Griffith, “From Crypto Art to Trading Cards, Investment Manias Abound”, in The New York Times‎^[4], →ISSN:

     Trading card sales have taken off, too. The price of mint condition cards on StockX jumped to an average $775 in January from $280 a year ago.

2. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
3. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
4. (Northern England, especially Manchester, Tyneside, 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.

5. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

派生語

• mintage
• minted
• mintmark

参考

• bullion

語源 2

From Middle English mynte, from 古期英語 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”).

名詞

mint (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 mints)

1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
4. A green colour, like that of mint.

   mint:  

5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

下位語

• coleus (Plectranthus mint)

派生語

関連する語

• calamint, menthol

形容詞

mint (not comparable)

1. Of a green colour, like that of the mint plant.

参考

語源 3

From Middle English minten, from 古期英語 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 �������� (muns, “thought, opinion”), 古期英語 munan (“to be mindful of, consider, intend”). More at mind.

動詞

mint (三人称単数 現在形 mints, 現在分詞 minting, 過去形および過去分詞形 minted)

1. (intransitive, provincial, Northern England, Scotland) To try, attempt; take aim.

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

名詞

mint (複数形 mints)

1. (provincial, Northern England, Scotland) Intent, purpose; an attempt, try; effort, endeavor.

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アナグラム

• NTIM