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See also: Appendix:Variations of "min"
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Translingual
Etymology 1
Symbol
min
- (mathematics) minimum function
Etymology 2
Symbol
min
- (metrology) minute (accepted for use with the International System of Units)
Etymology 3
Clipping of English Minangkabau.
Symbol
min
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪn
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Noun
min (plural mins)
- Abbreviation of minute.
- (colloquial) Clipping of minute.
- Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!
Etymology 2
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).
Alternative forms
Adjective
min
- (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less; smaller; lower.
- Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
- The more and the minne
- Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)
Derived terms
Etymology 3
From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”).
Noun
min (plural mins)
- (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
- 1875, Joshiah Gilbet Holland, Sevenoaks:
- […] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […]
Etymology 4
From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.
Verb
min (third-person singular simple present mins, present participle minning, simple past and past participle minned)
- (transitive, obsolete) to bring to the mind of; remind
- (transitive, obsolete) to remember
- (transitive, obsolete) to mention
Etymology 5
Alternative forms
Noun
min (plural mins)
- Abbreviation of minimum.
- (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
- Antonym: max
- He's gotta be at least 60, min!
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Arigidi
Pronoun
min
- me, first person singular pronoun, as object
References
- B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)
Aromanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin minō, collateral form of minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.
Verb
min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)
- to move
Related terms
Asturian
Pronoun
min
- me (as the object of a preposition)
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *bïŋ (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic 𐰉𐰃𐰭 (bïŋ), 𐰋𐰃𐰭 (biŋ), Old Uyghur 𐽹𐽶𐽺𐽷 (mïŋ, “thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Bashkir мең (meñ, “thousand”), etc.
Pronunciation
Numeral
min
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