Faroese

Proper noun

Mina f

1. A female given name

Usage notes

Matronymics

• son of Mina: Minuson
• daughter of Mina: Minudóttir

Declension

Japanese

Romanization

Mina

1. rōmaji reading of みな

Norwegian

Etymology

Short for Wilhelmina.

Proper noun

Mina

1. A female given name.

English

Noun

mina ‎(plural minas)

1. The myna bird.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin mina, from Ancient Greek μνᾶ ‎(mnâ, “mna”). Compare maneh, from Biblical Hebrew מָנֶה ‎(“māne”), as well as maund.

Noun

mina ‎(plural minas or minae)

1. (historical) A monetary unit of ancient Greece and the Middle East, originally equivalent to the weight of a mina of silver. [From 15th C.]
   • 1989, C. D. C Reeve, Socrates in the Apology: An Essay on Plato′s Apology of Socrates, page 174,

     What then of the actual fine of thirty minae Socrates proposes? Thirty minae was a large sum, “the equivalent of approximately eight-and-one-half years′ wages," according to one recent estimate (Brickhouse and Smith 1988, 227); enough to buy a libary of three thousand philosophy books, if the price of Anaxogoras′ book is any guide (26d6-e2).

2. (historical) A unit of weight of varying value used in the ancient Middle East, especially Babylonia, Mesopotamia and Egypt; also an ancient Greek measure of weight equivalent to 1/60th of a talent. [From 16th C.]
   • 1999, Andrew George, translating Gilgamesh, VI:

     Thirty minas of lapis lazuli in a solid block, two minas each their rims, six kor of oil, the capacity of both.

Translations

References

• mina in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• “mina” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary (2001).

Anagrams

• Amin
• iman
• main, Main
• mani
• NAMI

Asturian

Noun

mina f ‎(plural mines)

1. mine (e.g. diamond mine)
2. mine (explosive)
3. lead (of pencil)

Derived terms

• mineru

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Eastern) IPA^(key): /ˈminə/
• (Western) IPA^(key): /ˈmina/

Noun

mina f ‎(plural mines)

1. mine
2. lead (of a pencil)

Related terms

• minador
• miner
• mineral
• mineria

Chickasaw

Adverb

mina

1. always
2. habitually

Crimean Tatar

Etymology 1

French mine.

Noun

mina

1. mine (explosive device).

Etymology 2

Noun

mina

1. enamel, painting.

Declension

References

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary], Simferopol: Dolya, ISBN 966-7980-89-8

Czech

Noun

mina f

1. (explosive): mine

Derived terms

• minové pole
• podminovat
• zaminovat

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *minä.

Pronoun

mina ‎(genitive minu, partitive mind)

1. (personal) I

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.na/
• Homophones: minas, minât

Verb

mina

1. third-person singular past historic of miner

Anagrams

• main

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin.

Noun

mina f ‎(plural mine)

1. mine, land mine
2. lead in pencils
3. mine which produces ore

Related terms

• minare
• minerale
• miniera

Anagrams

• amni, iman, mani

Japanese

Romanization

mina

1. rōmaji reading of みな

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek μνᾶ ‎(mnâ).

Noun

mina f ‎(genitive minae); first declension

1. A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas
2. A Greek silver coin equal to 100 drachmas

Inflection

First declension.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Italic *(eks)menā ‎(“projection”), *menā, from Proto-Indo-European *men- ‎(“to stand out”). See Latin minor, mōns, mentum.

Noun

minae f pl ‎(genitive minārum); first declension

1. projecting points, pinnacles, battlements, parapets
2. (figuratively) threats, menaces

Inflection

First declension.

Derived terms

• minor

References

• mina in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mina in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MINA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
    
  • (ambiguous) to use threats: minis uti
    
• mina in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• mina in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Verb

mina

1. 3rd person singular past indicative form of mīt
2. 3rd person plural past indicative form of mīt

Miskito

Noun

mina

1. foot

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• minen

Noun

mina m, f

1. definite feminine singular of mine

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

mina f

1. definite singular of mine

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology 1

Noun

mina

1. water
2. rain

Etymology 2

Noun

mina

1. nest

Polish

Etymology 1

From French mine, from Vulgar Latin *mina, from Celtic *meina.

Noun

mina f

1. mine (exploding device)

Etymology 2

From French mine, from Breton min ‎(“beak, muzzle”).

Noun

mina f ‎(diminutive minka)

1. face, facial expression

Declension

Portuguese

mina

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nɐ/
• Hyphenation: mi‧na

Etymology 1

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish *mēnā ‎(“ore, mine”).

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)
2. (figuratively) fount
3. mine (explosive)

Derived terms

• (place) Minas Gerais
• (explosive) mina terrestre

Related terms

• minar, minerar, mineiro, mineração

Etymology 2

Either from Lunfardo or a short form of menina.

Noun

mina f (plural minas)

1. (slang, Brazil) girl, "gal"

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmíːna/
• Tonal orthography: mȋna

Noun

mína f ‎(genitive míne, nominative plural míne)

1. mine (exploding device)

Declension

Spanish

Etymology 1

From French mine

Noun

mina f ‎(plural minas)

1. mine
2. lead (of a pencil)

Verb

mina

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of minar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of minar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of minar.

Related terms

• minería
• minero

Etymology 2

From Lunfardo, probably a contraction of Galician meniña ‎(“girl”).

Noun

mina f ‎(plural minas, masculine mino)

1. (Chile, Argentina, colloquial) girl or woman
2. (Argentina, slang) prostitute

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Pronoun: IPA^(key): ˈmiːˌna
• Noun: IPA^(key): ˈmiː.na

Pronoun

mina

1. (possessive) Plural of min

Declension

Noun

mina c

1. mine; a device intended to explode when stepped upon, touched, or in proximity to a ship or vehicle.

Declension

Tetum

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *miñak.

Noun

mina

1. oil (Petroleum-based liquid)

Warlpiri

Noun

mina

1. nest

Zulu

Pronoun

mina ‎(combining stem -mi)

1. I, me

See also