"minty" meaning in English

See minty in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmɪnti/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-minty.wav [Southern-England] Forms: mintier [comparative], mintiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪnti Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mentabor. Proto-West Germanic *mintā Old English minte Middle English mynte English mint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English minty From mint + -y. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|mint|-y<id:adjectival>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin mentabor. Proto-West Germanic *mintā Old English minte Middle English mynte English mint Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English minty [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "menta", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*mintā", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "minte", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "mynte", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "mint", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "id" : "adjectival", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectives", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-kos", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-gaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-g", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-iġ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-y", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "minty", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="minty"> From mint + -y. Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} minty (comparative mintier, superlative mintiest)
  1. Having a flavor or essence of mint. Derived forms: mintily, mintiness Translations (Translations): мя́тны (mjátny) (Belarusian), miętowy (Polish), мя́тный (mjátnyj) (Russian), naneli (Turkish), м'я́тний (mʺjátnyj) (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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