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mint

/mɪnt/noun, verb, adjective

mint is spelled M-I-N-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, mint means “A building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of mint is mints.

How many letters and syllables are in mint?

Letters4: M-I-N-T
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing8.3 times per million words; the 8,036th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is mint?

Mint appears 8.3 times per million words in written English, the 8,036th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce mint?

  • /mɪnt/

Mint has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-mint.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of mint

  • mints plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • minting participle, present
  • minted participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does mint mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    informalA vast sum of money; (by extension) a large amount of something.

    That house is worth a mint.

  3. 3

    Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

    The flavoring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.

  6. 6

    A green color, like that of mint.

  7. 7

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

  8. 8

    ScotlandAn intent, a purpose; an attempt, a try; an effort, an endeavor.

verb

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

  3. 3

    To create a crypto token.

  4. 4

    ScotlandTo try, attempt; take aim.

  5. 5

    ScotlandTo try, attempt, endeavor; to take aim at; to try to hit; to purpose.

  6. 6

    ScotlandTo hint; suggest; insinuate.

adjective

  1. 1

    Ellipsis of mint condition: like new.

    Most of my collection is near mint, but these ones here are mint.

  2. 2

    In near-perfect condition; uncirculated.

  3. 3

    Unused with original gum; as issued originally.

  4. 4

    slangVery good, excellent.

  5. 5

    AustraliaIrelandUKslangAttractive; beautiful; handsome.

  6. 6

    Of a green color, like that of the mint plant.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you abbreviate mint?

Wiktionary records 5 abbreviations of mint: MH, MHH, MLH, MNG, MNH.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Mint in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchhôtel des monnaies, atelier des monnaies (money-producing building or institution), fortune (large amount of money), monnayer, frapper monnaie, battre monnaie (to reproduce coins)
GermanMünzanstalt, Münze, Münzstätte (money-producing building or institution), Heidengeld (large amount of money), prägen (to reproduce coins), wie neu (of condition, as new)
Portuguesecasa de moeda, casa da moeda (money-producing building or institution), fortuna (large amount of money), cunhar (to reproduce coins), menta, hortelã (plant)
Spanishceca, casa de moneda (money-producing building or institution), dineral, fortuna (large amount of money), acuñar, troquelar (to reproduce coins)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does mint come from?

From 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.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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