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min

See also: Variations of "min"

min - Translingual

Symbol

min

  1. (mathematics) minimum function
  2. (metrology) minute in International System of Units
  3. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Minangkabau.

min - English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɪn/

Alternative forms

Noun

min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minute.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of minute.
    • Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!

Alternative forms

Adjective

min

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) less

Derived terms

Noun

min (plural mins)

  1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.

Verb

min (third-person singular simple present mins, present participle minning, simple past and past participle minned)

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to remember
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to mention

Alternative forms

Noun

min (plural mins)

  1. Abbreviation of minimum.
  2. (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
    • He's gotta be at least 60, min!
    • Antonym: max

Derived terms

Translations

  • Swedish: min (sv)

Anagrams

min - Arigidi

Pronoun

min

  1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

min - Aromanian

Alternative forms

Verb

min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)

  1. I move

min - Asturian

Pronoun

min

  1. me (as the object of a preposition)

min - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [min]

Numeral

min

  1. thousand

Declension

    Declension of min
    Possessive forms of min

min - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /min/, [mĩn]

Adjective

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

  1. spicy, hot, bitter
  2. painful
  3. intimate
  4. (chiefly Northern) strong, intense

Declension

indefinite singular plural
absolutive min mina minak
ergative minek minak minek
dative mini minari minei
genitive minen minaren minen
comitative minekin minarekin minekin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat
instrumental minez minaz minez
inessive anim. minengan minarengan minengan
inanim. minetan minean minetan
locative anim. — — —
inanim. minetako mineko minetako
allative anim. minengana minarengana minengana
inanim. minetara minera minetara
terminative anim. minenganaino minarenganaino minenganaino
inanim. minetaraino mineraino minetaraino
directive anim. minenganantz minarenganantz minenganantz
inanim. minetarantz minerantz minetarantz
destinative anim. minenganako minarenganako minenganako
inanim. minetarako minerako minetarako
ablative anim. minengandik minarengandik minengandik
inanim. minetatik minetik minetatik
partitive minik — —
prolative mintzat — —

Noun

min inan

  1. pain
  2. suffering
  3. nostalgia, longing
  4. desire, wish

Declension

indefinite singular plural
absolutive min mina minak
ergative minek minak minek
dative mini minari minei
genitive minen minaren minen
comitative minekin minarekin minekin
causative minengatik minarengatik minengatik
benefactive minentzat minarentzat minentzat
instrumental minez minaz minez
inessive minetan minean minetan
locative minetako mineko minetako
allative minetara minera minetara
terminative minetaraino mineraino minetaraino
directive minetarantz minerantz minetarantz
destinative minetarako minerako minetarako
ablative minetatik minetik minetatik
partitive minik — —
prolative mintzat — —

Derived terms

  • maitemin (“infatuation”)
  • maitemindu (“to fall in love”)
  • min egin (“to cause pain”)
  • min eman (“to cause pain”)
  • min gorri (“erysipelas”)
  • min hartu (“to hurt (oneself)”)
  • min hori (“jaundice”)
  • min izan (“to be in pain”)
  • minantz (“tendency, illness”)

Noun

min inan

  1. (Biscayan) Alternative form of mihi (“tongue”)

min - Chinese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /maːi̯⁵⁵/, /maːi̯n⁵⁵/

Suffix

min

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, school slang, university slang) minus (in an academic grade)
    • A min ― A-

min - Cornish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [mɪn]

Noun

min f (singulative minen)

  1. kids (young goats)

min - Crimean Tatar

Noun

min

  1. defect, fault

min - Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /miːn/, [miːˀn]

Adjective

min

  1. Abbreviation of minimal.
    • Alternative form: min.

Noun

min

  1. Abbreviation of minut.
  2. Abbreviation of minimum.
    • Alternative form: min.

Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

  1. mine 1.st person singular possessive pronoun
  2. my 1.st person singular possessive adjective

min - Domari

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɪn/

Preposition

min

  1. from

min - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɪn/
  • Hyphenation: min

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

  1. wetnurse
  2. maid, especially a nursemaid

Descendants

  • Negerhollands: minnetje (from the diminutive)
  • → Papiamentu: menchi, minnetsje, míntsje (from the diminutive)

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

  1. woman

Derived terms

Preposition

min

  1. minus

Descendants

  • → Papiamentu: men

Adjective

min

  1. (obsolete) Comparative form of weinig; less, fewer.

Derived terms

Adjective

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

  1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
  2. opprobrious, unpleasant

Verb

min

  1. first-person singular present indicative of minnen
  2. imperative of minnen

min - Elfdalian

Preposition

min

  1. with

min - Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [min]
  • Hyphenation: min

Pronoun

min

  1. accusative of mi
    • Li batis min! ― He hit me!
  2. myself
    • Mi vidas min. ― I see myself.

min - Finnish

Noun

min

  1. Abbreviation of minuutti.

Anagrams

min - Fula

Pronoun

min

  1. 1st person singular emphatic pronoun I, me

Usage notes

Dialectal variants

  • miin (Pulaar, Fouta-toro, Adamawa, Liptaako, Maasina)

Pronoun

min

  1. (Adamawa) first person plural exclusive;short form we, us

Usage notes

Dialectal variants

min - Galician

Pronoun

min

  1. oblique of eu

min - Guayabero

Noun

min

  1. water

min - Hungarian

Pronominal adverbs from case suffixes (cf. postpositions)
edsuffixwho?what?thisthathe/she (it)*
case v. pr.c.
nom.–kimiezaző* / -∅ az / -∅––
acc.-t / -ot / -at / -et / -ötkitmiteztaztőt* / -∅ azt / -∅–c1 c2
dat.-nak / -nekkinekminekennekannaknekineki-c
ins.-val / -velkivelmivelezzel/ evvelazzal/ avvalvelec
c-f.-értkiértmiértezértazértérte–c
tra.-vá / -vékivémivéezzéazzá––c
ter.-ig–meddigeddigaddig––c
e-f.-ként(kiként)(miként)ekkéntakként––c
e-m.-ul / -ül––––––c
ine.-ban / -benkibenmibenebbenabbanbenne–c
sup.-n/-on/-en/-önkinminezenazonrajta(rajta-)c
ade.-nál / -nélkinélminélennélannálnála–c
ill.-ba / -bekibemibeebbeabbabelebele-c
sub.-ra / -rekiremireerrearrarárá-c
all.-hoz/-hez/-hözkihezmihezehhezahhozhozzáhozzá-c
el.-ból / -bőlkibőlmibőlebbőlabbólbelőle–c
del.-ról / -rőlkirőlmirőlerrőlarrólróla–c
abl.-tól / -tőlkitőlmitőlettőlattóltőle–c

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈmin]

Pronoun

min

  1. superessive singular of mi
    • Min dolgozol? ― What are you working on?

min - Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /min/

Adverb

min

  1. less

min - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈmɪn/
  • Hyphenation: min

Adjective

min

  1. apocopic form of minus

Noun

min (plural min-min, first-person possessive minku, second-person possessive minmu, third-person possessive minnya)

  1. mint:
    1. Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
    2. The flavouring of the plant, either a sweet, a jelly or sauce.
    3. Any plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae.
    4. A green colour, like that of mint.
      • min:  
    5. A mint-flavored candy, often eaten to sweeten the smell of the breath.

Synonyms

min - Ingrian

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA: /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
  • (Soikkola) IPA: /ˈmin/, [ˈmin]
  • Hyphenation: min

Adverb

min

  1. (+ sen) Establishes a correlation between multiple comparatives in a sentence; the ...
    • Min enemmän siä sööt, sen suuremp siä oot. ― The more you eat, the bigger you are.

min - Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA: /ˈmʲɪnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA: /ˈmʲɨ̞nʲ/

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine)

  1. meal
  2. powdered matter

Declension

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative min
Vocative a mhin
Genitive mine
Dative min

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an mhin
Genitive na mine
Dative leis an min

don mhin

Derived terms

  • brachán mine buí m (“polenta”)
  • brachán mine coirce m (“oatmeal porridge”)
  • céad mine m (“a hundredweight of meal”)
  • ceirín mine rois m (“linseed-meal poultice”)
  • gairbhseach mine f (“coarsely ground meal”)
  • mealdar mine m (“quantity of meal from grinding”)
  • min bhuí f (“corn meal”)
  • min chairde f (“flour obtained on credit”)
  • min chaiscín f (“whole meal”)
  • min chalóg f (“flake-meal”)
  • min choirce f (“oatmeal”)
  • min gharbh f (“coarse meal”)
  • min loiscreáin f (“meal made from singed and ground oats”)
  • min rabh f (“tiny bits, small fragments”)
  • min sáibh f (“sawdust”)
  • min tíortha f (“meal made from singed oats”)
  • mornán mine m (“a measure of meal”)
  • rascalach mine m (“coarse meal”)

Adjective

min

  1. inflection of mion:
    1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
    2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
min mhin not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

min - Japanese

Romanization

min

  1. Rōmaji transcription of みん

min - Kwanka

Noun

min

  1. water

min - Latvian

Verb

min

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of minēt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of minēt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of minēt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of minēt

Verb

min

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of mīt
  2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of mīt
  3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of mīt
  4. 2nd person singular imperative form of mīt
  5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of mīt
  6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of mīt

min - Livonian

Pronoun

min

  1. genitive/dative singular of minā

min - Low German

Alternative forms

  • mien, myn, miin, mihn
  • meyn, mäin (Westphalian: Sauerländisch)
  • muin (Westphalian: Ravensbergisch, in Soest)
  • müin, muin (Westphalian: Lippisch)
  • moin (Eastphalian)
  • mäin (Eastphalian)

Pronoun

min

  1. my (mine)

Declension

Masculine SingularFeminine SingularNeuter SingularPlural of all Genders
Nominative minmine min' minminmine min
Genitive mines (uncommon)mines (uncommon)
Dative minenminer (less common) mine minminen minmine min
Accusative minenmine min' minminmine min' min

min - Maia

Noun

min

  1. comb

min - Maltese

Pronoun

min

  1. who (interrogative)

Derived terms

  • ta’ min

min - Mandarin

Romanization

min

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mǐn.

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

min - Mauritian Creole

Noun

min

  1. noodle

min - Middle Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɪn/

Pronoun

min

  1. less

Alternative forms

Adverb

min

  1. less, to a smaller degree

Alternative forms

min - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /miːn/

Determiner

min (nominative I)

  1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Usage notes

min is usually used before a vowel and h-, while mi is usually used before a consonant other than h-, much as with Modern English an/a.

Descendants

  • English: mine (determiner)
  • Scots: mine (determiner)

Pronoun

min (nominative I)

  1. First-person singular possessive pronoun: mine, of me

Descendants

  • English: mine (pronoun)
  • Scots: mine (pronoun)

min - Middle High German

Determiner

mîn

  1. my, mine

Descendants

min - Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [mɪn]

Pronoun

min

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my, mine

min - Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈmiːn/

Pronoun

mīn

  1. accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)

min - Norwegian Bokmål

Determiner

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

  1. my, mine

min - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɪnː/

Determiner

min (masculine min, feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

  1. my, mine

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /miːn/

Verb

min

  1. imperative of mina

min - Old Dutch

Determiner

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Inflection

Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mīn mīn mīn
Accusative mīnin mīna mīn
Genitive mīnis mīnro mīnis
Dative mīnin mīnro mīnin
Instrumental mīnin mīnro mīnin
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative mīna mīna mīna
Accusative mīna mīna mīna
Genitive mīnro mīnro mīnro
Dative mīnon mīnon mīnon
Instrumental mīn- mīn- mīn-

Descendants

min - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /miːn/

Determiner

mīn

  1. my

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: min

Pronoun

mīn

  1. genitive of iċ: mine, of me

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /min/

Adjective

min

  1. small

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

min - Old High German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /miːn/

Pronoun

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Inflection

Old High German personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative
SingularFirst ih (ihha, ihcha)mīnmirmih
Second dūdīndirdih
Third Masculine er (her)(sīn)imu, imoinan, in
Feminine siu; sī, siira (iru, iro)iru, irosia
Neuter izes, isimu, imoiz
Plural First wirunsērunsunsih
Second iriuwēriuiuwih
ThirdMasculine sieiroim, insie
Feminine sioiroim, insio
Neuter siuiroim, insiu
Polite formSecond  iriuwēriuiuwih

Descendants

Adverb

min

  1. less

min - Old Saxon

Determiner

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Declension

Strong declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative mīn mīne mīn mīnu mīn mīne
accusative mīnana mīne mīn mīnu mīna mīne
genitive mīnes mīnarō mīnes mīnarō mīnaro mīnarō
dative mīnumu mīnum mīnumu mīnum mīnaro mīnum
Weak declension
gender masculine neuter feminine
case singular plural singular plural singular plural
nominative mīno mīnu mīna mīnu mīna mīnu
accusative mīnun mīnun mīna mīnun mīnun mīnun
genitive mīnun mīnonō mīnun mīnonō mīnun mīnonō
dative mīnun mīnum mīnun mīnum mīnun mīnum

Descendants

  • Middle Low German: mīn
    • German Low German: mien

min - Picard

Pronoun

min m

  1. my

min - Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /min/
  • Syllabification: min

Noun

min

  1. genitive plural of mina

min - Portuguese

Noun

min m (invariable)

  1. Abbreviation of minuto.
    1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.
      • O evento é hoje, às 20h30min ― The event is today at 8:30 p.m.
    2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.
      • O atleta completou a corrida em 1h20min45s ― The athlete completed the race in 1 hour, 21 minutes and 45 seconds

Usage notes

  • This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour).
  • This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by h, used to represent hours.
  • The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
    • Example: 20h43min08s

min - Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mɪn/

Determiner

min (feminine mien, neuter mien, plural mien, predicative minnen)

  1. my, mine

min - Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mjin/

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

  1. flour

Usage notes

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
minmhin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

min - Seychellois Creole

Noun

min

  1. noodle

min - Sumerian

Romanization

min

  1. Romanization of 𒈫 (min)

min - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /miːn/

Noun

min

  1. min; minute

Noun

min

  1. min; minimum

Pronoun

min c (neuter singular mitt, plural mina)

  1. my
  2. mine

Declension

Number Person Type Nominative Oblique Possessive
common neuter plural
singular first — jag mig, mej3 min mitt mina
second — du dig, dej3 din ditt dina
third masculine (person) han honom, han2, en5 hans
feminine (person) hon henne, na5 hennes
gender-neutral (person)1 hen hen, henom7 hens
common (noun) den den dess
neuter (noun) det det dess
indefinite man or en4 en ens
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
plural first — vi oss vår, våran2 vårt, vårat2 våra
second — ni er er, eran2, ers6 ert, erat2 era
archaic I eder eder, eders6 edert edra
third — de, dom3 dem, dom3 deras
reflexive — sig, sej3 sin sitt sina
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, and has gained widespread acceptance today.
2Informal
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Noun

min c

  1. facial expression

Declension

Declension of min 

Anagrams

min - Tatar

Pronoun

min

  1. I

min - Unami

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /min/

Noun

min inan (plural mina)

  1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

Derived terms

  • minhe
  • minuu

min - Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Pronoun

min • (綿, 㒙)

  1. (archaic, literary) I; me

Noun

(classifier con) min

  1. (dialectal) gaur

min - Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /miːn/

Noun

min m (plural minion)

  1. point, sharp edge
  2. edge, border, brim
  3. lip

Derived terms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
min fin unchanged unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
Meaning and Definition of min
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