minte

minte f (definite articulation mintea)

1. alternative form of minti

minte

1. second-person singular imperative of mentir

minte f pl

1. feminine plural of minto

• menti, mentì

minte

1. alternative form of mynte (“mint (plant)”)

minte

1. alternative form of mynt (“strike”)

• minna, minnet

minte

1. simple past of minne

minte

1. past of mina

From Proto-West Germanic *mintā.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmin.te/

minte f

1. mint

Weak feminine (n-stem):

• *cattes minte
• horsminte

• Middle English: mynte, mente, mint, minte, mynt
  • English: mint
  • Scots: mint
  • → Welsh: mint

Inherited from Latin mentem, accusative singular of mēns, from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”). Compare Aromanian minti.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmin.te/
• Rhymes: -inte
• Hyphenation: min‧te

minte f (plural minți)

1. mind

   Synonym: cuget

2. sense, judgement, wisdom

   Synonyms: sens, judecată, gândire, înțelepciune

3. (obsolete) learning, knowledge

   Synonyms: învățătură, știință

• dement
• mintal, mental
• mențiune
• minți
• minciună

minte

1. inflection of minți (“to lie”):
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “minte”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
• Iorgu Iordan, Alexandru Graur, Ion Coteanu, editors (1965–1968), Dicționarul Limbii Române‎^[1], volume 6, Bucharest: Academy of the Socialist Republic of Romania, page 569

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃t/

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minte f (plural mintes)

1. lie
2. joke

   Synonym: fåve

From Latin menta.

minte f (plural mintes)

1. (botany) mint