mintとは

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, money”), from late Proto-Germanic *munitą, *munitō (“coin”), 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; akin to Dutch munt (“currency, coin, mint”), German Münze (“coin, coinage, mint”), Danish mønt (“coin”), and to Russian моне́та (monéta, “coin”). Doublet of money, which came through Old French.

名詞

mint (複数形 mints)

1. A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
2. (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!

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

     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.
   • Francis Bacon

     titles […] of such natures as may be easily minted

形容詞

mint (not comparable)

1. (of condition) as 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.

派生語

• mintage
• minted
• mintmark

参考

• bullion

語源 2

A mint plant.

From 古期英語 minte (“the plant”), from Proto-Germanic *minta, 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 colour:  

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)

(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought):

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

アナグラム

• NTIM