"minch" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: minches [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English mynche, a reduced form of minchen, monchen, from Old English myneċen (“a female monk, nun”), from Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (“female monk”), from *munikaz (“monk”), from Late Latin monachus (“monk”), from Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “hermit”, noun), from μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”, adjective), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *menw-, *manw- (“small, little, isolated”). Cognate with German Mönchin (“female monk”). Related also to minnow. More at monk. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mynche}} Middle English mynche, {{inh|en|ang|myneċen||a female monk, nun}} Old English myneċen (“a female monk, nun”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*munikinnō||female monk}} Proto-Germanic *munikinnō (“female monk”), {{der|en|LL.|monachus||monk}} Late Latin monachus (“monk”), {{der|en|grc|μοναχός||hermit|pos=n}} Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “hermit”, noun), {{der|en|ine-pro|*men-}} Proto-Indo-European *men-, {{cog|de|Mönchin||female monk}} German Mönchin (“female monk”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} minch (plural minches)
  1. (obsolete) A nun. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Monasticism Derived forms: mynchery Related terms: minchen, monk
    Sense id: en-minch-en-noun-9dIgHpDt Disambiguation of Monasticism: 33 37 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

Forms: minches [present, singular, third-person], minching [participle, present], minched [participle, past], minched [past]
Etymology: From Middle English menchen, a variant of mincen. More at mince. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|menchen}} Middle English menchen Head templates: {{en-verb}} minch (third-person singular simple present minches, present participle minching, simple past and past participle minched)
  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of mince Tags: alt-of, alternative, dialectal Alternative form of: mince Categories (topical): Monasticism
    Sense id: en-minch-en-verb-E0KYWjBr Disambiguation of Monasticism: 33 37 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 47 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 48 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 51 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: minches [present, singular, third-person], minching [participle, present], minched [participle, past], minched [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} minch (third-person singular simple present minches, present participle minching, simple past and past participle minched)
  1. Alternative form of mitch (“play truant from school”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: mitch (extra: play truant from school) Categories (topical): Monasticism
    Sense id: en-minch-en-verb-KhV0S62F Disambiguation of Monasticism: 33 37 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 47 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 48 44 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 51 43
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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