mynt

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse mynt, probably via Old English mynet, ultimately from Latin monēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪn̥t/

  Rhymes: -ɪn̥t

  Homophones: minnt, mynnt

Noun

mynt f (genitive singular myntar, nominative plural myntir)

1. a coin

   Synonym: peningur

2. a currency

   Synonym: gjaldmiðill

Declension

Declension of mynt (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mynt	myntin	myntir	myntirnar
accusative	mynt	myntina	myntir	myntirnar
dative	mynt	myntinni	myntum	myntunum
genitive	myntar	myntarinnar	mynta	myntanna

Derived terms

• Efnahags- og myntbandalagið (“Economic and Monetary Union”)
• gullmynt (“gold specie”)
• innleiðing sameiginlegu myntarinnar (“introduction of the single currency”)
• myntaskja (“coin box”)
• myntbandalag (“Monetary Union”)
• Myntbandalag Evrópu (“European Monetary Union”)
• mynteining (“monetary unit”)
• myntflokkun (“coin-sorting”)
• myntflokkunarvél (“coin-sorting machine”)
• myntfræði (“numismatics”)
• myntpökkun (“coin-wrapping”)
• myntpökkunarvél (“coin-wrapping machine”)
• myntsímasjálfsali (“coin operated public pay-telephone”)
• myntslátta (“striking of coins”)
• myntstýrður leikur (“coin-operated game”)
• mynttalning (“coin-counting”)
• mynttalningarvél (“coin-counting machine”)
• óslegin mynt (“coin blank”)
• slá mynt
• svara í sömu mynt
• vél til að meðhöndla mynt (“coin-handling machine”)

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mynet, from Proto-West Germanic *munit, from Latin monēta; doublet of moneye.

Alternative forms

• menet, munet, mynte, myntte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mint/

Noun

mynt (plural myntes)

2. money, coin
3. mint (place where money is coined)

Derived terms

• mynter

Descendants

• English: mint

References

• “mint(e, n.(3).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

From mynten.

Alternative forms

• munt, mint, minte

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mint/

Noun

mynt (plural myntes)

2. intent, purpose
3. (attempted) strike

Descendants

• English: mint (dialectal)
• Scots: mint

References

• “mint, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 3

Noun

mynt

1. Alternative form of mynt (“mint (plant)”)

Etymology 4

Noun

mynt

1. Alternative form of mynten

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin moneta, via Old Norse mynt.

Noun

mynt m (definite singular mynten, indefinite plural mynter, definite plural myntene)

1. a coin (piece of currency)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• minnemynt
• myntenhet

References

• “mynt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin moneta, via Old Norse mynt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mynt/
• IPA^(key): /myɲc/ (Trøndelag dialect)

Noun

mynt m (definite singular mynten, indefinite plural myntar, definite plural myntane)

1. a coin (piece of currency)

Derived terms

• euromynt
• mynteining

References

• “mynt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

See mynta (“to coin”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mʏnt/

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Noun

mynt n

1. a coin (piece of currency, usually metallic and in the shape of a disc)

   Synonym: ((1-)krona coin) krona

Declension

Declension of mynt

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	mynt	mynts
	definite	myntet	myntets
plural	indefinite	mynt	mynts
	definite	mynten	myntens

See also

• med samma mynt
• -mynt
• mynta
• slå mynt av
• två sidor av samma mynt (“two sides of the same coin”)

References

• mynt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• mynt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• mynt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)