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mince imnce mnice nmice inmce nimce micne imcne mcine cmine icmne cimne mncie nmcie mcnie cmnie ncmie cnmie incme nicme icnme cinme ncime cnime minec imnec mniec nmiec inmec nimec mienc imenc meinc eminc iemnc eimnc mneic nmeic menic emnic nemic enmic inemc niemc ienmc einmc neimc enimc micen imcen mcien cmien icmen cimen miecn imecn meicn emicn iemcn eimcn mcein cmein mecin emcin cemin ecmin icemn ciemn iecmn eicmn ceimn ecimn mncei nmcei mcnei cmnei ncmei cnmei mneci nmeci menci emnci nemci enmci mceni cmeni mecni emcni cemni ecmni ncemi cnemi necmi encmi cenmi ecnmi incem nicem icnem cinem nciem cniem inecm niecm iencm eincm neicm enicm icenm cienm iecnm eicnm ceinm ecinm nceim cneim necim encim cenim ecnim

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Definitions and meaning of mince

mince

Alternative forms

• minch (dialectal)
• minse (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *minnisōn, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon minsōn (“to make less, make smaller”), Old Dutch minson (“to make smaller”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɪns/
• Rhymes: -ɪns
• Homophone: mints

Noun

mince (countable and uncountable, plural minces)

1. (uncountable) Finely chopped meat; minced meat.

2. (uncountable) Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat.

3. (countable) An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait.
4. (countable) An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation.
5. (countable, Cockney rhyming slang, chiefly in the plural) An eye (from mince pie).
6. (UK, slang, uncountable) Something worthless; rubbish.

Quotations

Derived terms

• thick as mince

Translations

Verb

mince (third-person singular simple present minces, present participle mincing, simple past and past participle minced)

1. (transitive) To make less; to make small.
2. (transitive) To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:diminish

3. (transitive, rare) To effect mincingly.
4. (transitive, cooking) To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely.

5. (archaic, transitive, figuratively) To suppress or weaken the force of.

   Synonyms: extenuate, palliate, weaken
6. To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly).

7. (transitive) To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent.
   • 1905, George Henderson, The Gaelic Dialects, IV, in the Zeitschrift für celtische Philologie, published by Kuno Meyer and L. Chr. Stern, volume 5, page 98:

     One may hear some speakers in Oxford mince brother into brover (brëvë); Bath into Baf; both into bof.
8. (intransitive) To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner.
9. (intransitive) To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner.

Usage notes

Current usage in the sense of "to say or utter vaguely" is mostly limited to the phrase "mince words"; e.g., "I won't mince words with you".

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References

• “mince”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Münze.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɪnt͡sɛ]
• Rhymes: -ɪntsɛ

Noun

mince f

1. coin

   Synonyms: peníz, moneta

   Hyponyms: měďák, stříbrňák, zlaťák

   hodit si mincí ― flip a coin

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

• mince in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• mince in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• mince in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ̃s/

Etymology 1

Derived from the verb mincer, from Old French mincier, from Vulgar Latin *minūtiāre (cf. also menuiser), from Latin minūtia.

Adjective

mince (plural minces)

1. thin, slim, slender

Derived terms

• amincir
• minceur
• mincir

Etymology 2

A minced oath of merde (“shit”).

Interjection

mince

1. drat!, darn!
2. wow!, blimey!

Further reading

• “mince”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Irish

Noun

mince f

1. genitive singular of minc (“mink”)

Mutation

Romanian

Noun

mince f (plural minci)

1. Obsolete form of minge.

Declension

References

• mince in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Slovak

Noun

mince

1. inflection of minca:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural