• enPR: mĭnt, IPA: /mɪnt/

From Middle English mynt, münet, from Old English mynet, from late Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta, from the temple of Juno Moneta (named for Monēta mother of the Muses), where coins were made.

The verb is from the noun; Old English mynetian is a parallel formation.

mint (plural mints)

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

   Synonyms: bundle, pile, small fortune

   That house is worth a mint.

   It must have cost a mint to produce!

   to make a mint

3. (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.

• money
• monetary

• French: hôtel des monnaies, atelier des monnaies
• German: Münzanstalt, Münze, Münzstätte
• Italian: zecca
• Portuguese: casa de moeda, casa da moeda
• Russian: моне́тный двор
• Spanish: ceca, casa de moneda

• French: fortune
• German: Heidengeld
• Italian: fortuna
• Portuguese: fortuna
• Russian: большая сумма
• Spanish: dineral, fortuna

mint (mints, present participle minting; simple past and past participle minted)

1. (transitive) To reproduce (coins), usually en masse, under licence.
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

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

   Coordinate term: mine

• French: monnayer, frapper monnaie, battre monnaie
• German: prägen
• Italian: coniare
• Portuguese: cunhar
• Russian: чека́нить
• Spanish: acuñar

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. (Northern England, especially Manchester, Geordie, slang) Very good, excellent.
5. (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, slang) Attractive; beautiful; handsome.

• German: wie neu, einwandfrei

• French: impeccable

• German: postfrisch

From Middle English mynte, from Old English minte, from Proto-West Germanic *mintā, from Latin menta, probably from a lost Mediterranean language either through Ancient Greek μίνθη, μίνθα or directly.

mint

1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.

   Synonyms: mentha

2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
3. A green colour, like that of mint.

    

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

• calamint, menthol

• French: menthe
• German: Minze
• Italian: menta
• Portuguese: menta, hortelã
• Russian: мя́та
• Spanish: menta, hierba buena

• French: menthe
• Italian: menta
• Portuguese: menta, hortelã
• Russian: мя́та
• Spanish: menta

• Spanish: menta verde, menta

• French: bonbon à la menthe, pastille à la menthe
• Portuguese: rebuçado de menta
• Russian: мятная конфета

mint (not comparable)

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

• Russian: мя́тный
• Spanish: menta

From Middle English minten, from Old English myntan, from Proto-West Germanic *muntijan, from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- ("to think").

mint (mints, present participle minting; simple past and past participle minted)

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.

mint (plural mints)

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

1. (economics) Acronym of Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, Turkey

   Coordinate terms: BRIC, MIKT, MIST