min

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Abbreviation 2.2 Anagrams 3 Basque 3.1 Noun 4 Crimean Tatar 4.1 Noun 5 Danish 5.1 Abbreviation 5.2 Etymology 5.3 Pronunciation 5.4 Pronoun 6 Dutch 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Preposition 6.3 Verb 7 Esperanto 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronoun 8 Galician 8.1 Pronoun 8.2 See also 9 Ido 9.1 Adverb 9.1.1 Antonyms 10 Kurdish 10.1 Pronoun 11 Maltese 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Pronoun 12 Mandarin 12.1 Pinyin syllable 12.1.1 Usage notes 13 Norwegian 13.1 Pronoun 14 Old English 14.1 Etymology 1 14.1.1 Pronunciation 14.1.2 Pronoun 14.2 Etymology 2 14.2.1 Adjective 14.2.2 Derived terms 15 Old High German 15.1 Etymology 15.2 Pronoun 16 Swedish 16.1 Etymology 1 16.1.1 Abbreviation 16.2 Etymology 2 16.2.1 Pronoun 16.3 Etymology 3 16.3.1 Noun

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Symbol

min

1. (mathematics) minimum function

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[edit] English

[edit] Abbreviation

min

1. minute

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: imn
• nim
• NMI

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[edit] Basque

[edit] Noun

min

1. pain

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[edit] Crimean Tatar

[edit] Noun

min

1. defect, fault

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Abbreviation

min

1. Abbreviation of minut.

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse mínn.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /miːn/, [miːˀn]

[edit] Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

1. my
2. mine

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Preposition

min

1. minus

[edit] Verb

min

1. The first-person singular present tense of minnen.
2. The imperative of minnen.

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

Esperanto first person singular pronoun mi + accusative/objective case ending -n

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min (accusative of mi)

1. me, to me
2. myself

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[edit] Galician

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'min oblique (nominative eu, dative me, accusative me)

1. me (singular first-person personal pronoun)

[edit] See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• comigo
• eu
• me
• meu

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[edit] Ido

[edit] Adverb

min

1. less

[edit] Antonyms

• plu

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[edit] Kurdish

[edit] Pronoun

min

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

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[edit] Maltese

[edit] Etymology

From Arabic

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min

1. who

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Pinyin syllable

min

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, mīn, mín, mǐn, or mìn.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Norwegian

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min m. (mi f., mitt n., mine pl.)

1. my, mine

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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *minaz, from Indo-European *meino-, from *mei (locative form of *me- ‘me’) + *-no- (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mi:n/

[edit] Pronoun

mīn

1. my
2. mine

[edit] Etymology 2

Proto-Germanic *min- (“‘small’”) from Proto-Indo-European *min- (“‘small’”). Akin to Old High German minniro "smaller" (German minder), Old Norse minni "smaller" (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic minniza "younger", mins "young", Latin minor "smaller". More at minor

[edit] Adjective

min

1. small

[edit] Derived terms

• minlīc
• mindōm
• minsian

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[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *minaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn

[edit] Pronoun

mīn

1. my
2. mine

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Etymology 1

From minut

[edit] Abbreviation

min

1. minute
2. minimum

[edit] Etymology 2

Old Norse mínn

[edit] Pronoun

min mitt, mina IPA: ˈmɪn

1. my
2. mine

[edit] Etymology 3

Germanic Miene

[edit] Noun

Inflection for min	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	min	minen	miner	minerna
Possessive form	mins	minens	miners	minernas

min c. IPA: ˈmiːn

1. facial expression