minch
minch noun: a nun. Also the alternative form of mince.
Noun
minch (plural minches)
- A nun.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Minch
the Minch
- A strait in Scotland, between the north-west Highlands and the northern Inner Hebrides.
- The best Place for a Staple [of herrings], would be at Stornway, in one of the Lewis Islands, which is a good Harbour, and there are many good Hands; also it lies open to the Minch, a Sea above sixty Miles over to the main Land of Scotland, to the Southward of which lies the Isle of Sky, …1750, Francis Grant, A Letter to a Member of Parliament Concerning the Free British Fisheries, page 21
- That extensive bason of sea, called the Great, and the Little Minch; bounded on the west, by that chain of islands, called the Long Island, because they seem but one, when viewed at a distance; on the east, by the indented shores of Scotland: from the butt of the Lewis, to the Mull of Kintire...1799, Revd. James Headrick, On the Practicability, and Advantages, of Opening a Navigation Between the Murray Firth at Inverness, and Loch Eil, at Fort William, section II Fisheries, from Prize...
- Synonyms:
- North Minch
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Minch
Minch (plural Minches)
- A surname.
Also used as
minch is also the alternative form of mince.
minch is also the alternative form of mitch.
Synonyms of minch
- North Minch
Forms of minch
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | minches |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | minches |
| present participle | minching |
| past participle | minched |
| past | minched |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Minches |
Origin of minch
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.
From Middle English menchen, a variant of mincen. More at mince.
Reduced form of Minnish or Minchin.
Words formed from minch
Questions about minch
- What does minch mean?
- Minch means a nun.
- What part of speech is minch?
- Minch can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of minch?
- The plural of minch is minches.
Words near minch in the dictionary
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