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minter

/ˈmɪntɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.36 in modern English

Syllables
minter
IPA
/ˈmɪntɚ/
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who mints, particularly a moneyer producing coinage.

noun

An item in mint condition (especially a motor car)

British usage; Slang

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Alabama, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English mynter, from Old English mynetere, from Proto-West Germanic *munitārī, from Latin monētārius; equivalent to mint + -er. Doublet of monetary.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈmɪntɚ/
  • British English: /ˈmɪntə(ɹ)/

Usage

Inflected Forms

minters (plural)

Synonyms

coiner moneyer

Rhymes With

winter printer splinter sprinter midwinter reenter wynter ginter overwinter kinter quinter sinter

Questions

How do you pronounce minter?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmɪntɚ/.
What does minter mean?
One who mints, particularly a moneyer producing coinage.
Where does minter come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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