מענטע
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Alternative forms
- מיענטע (myente)
Etymology
Ultimately derived from Latin menta, possibly via Romanian mentă and/or French menthe.
Pronunciation
Noun
מענטע • (mente) f
Derived terms
- ענגלישע מענטע (englishe mente)
- גרינע מענטע (grine mente, “spearmint”)
- מינטע־צוקערל (minte-tsukerl, “breath mint”)
- מינטע־צוקערקע (minte-tsukerke, “mint candy”)
- מענטע־זשולעפּ (mente-zhulep)
References
- Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “mint”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN
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