mintとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: mĭnt, IPA^(key): /mɪnt/
• 韻: -ɪnt

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 large amount of money. A vast sum or amount, etc.

   That house is worth a mint

   It must have cost a mint to produce!

   to make a mint

   Synonyms: bundle, pile

4. (figuratively) Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.
   • c. 1595–1596, William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [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.
2. To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.
   • 1623, Francis Bacon, A Discourse of a War with Spain

     titles […] as may appear to be easily minted

形容詞

mint (not comparable)

1. (with condition) Like new.

   in mint condition.

2. (numismatics) In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.
3. (philately) Unused with original gum; as issued originally.
4. (Britain, 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. (Britain, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

派生語

• mintage
• minted
• mintmark

参考

• bullion

語源 2

A mint plant.

From 古期英語 minte (“mint plant”), from Proto-West Germanic *mintā, 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 (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.

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-Germanic *muntaną, *muntijaną (“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)

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

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

アナグラム

• NTIM