min

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See also mīn, mín, mǐn, mìn, -min, MIN, Mǐn, Mín, and מין

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Translingual [edit]

Symbol [edit]

min

  1. (mathematics) minimum function

English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From minute.

Abbreviation [edit]

min

  1. Alternative form of min..
    "Dinner's ready, darling!" "Be there in a min!"

Etymology 2 [edit]

From Middle English, from Old English min (“less", also "small, mean, evil, vile, harmful”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *(e)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 [edit]

Adjective [edit]

min (comparative more min, superlative most min)

  1. (obsolete or UK dialectal, Scotland) Less.
    • (Can we date this quote?)Le Bone Florence
      The more and the minne

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Middle English, from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minþiją (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”). More at mine.

Noun [edit]

min (plural mins)

  1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
    ... and faith I've done that same and found me min; ... — Joshiah Gilbet Holland, "Sevenoaks", 1875

Etymology 4 [edit]

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.

Verb [edit]

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.

Etymology 5 [edit]

Abbreviation of minimum.

Noun [edit]

min (plural mins)

  1. minimum.
    "He's gotta be at least 60, min!"
Antonyms [edit]

Anagrams [edit]

Asturian [edit]

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia ast

Pronoun [edit]

min

  1. me (as the object of a preposition)

Basque [edit]

Noun [edit]

min

  1. pain

Cornish [edit]

Alternative forms [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

min f (singulative minen)

  1. kids (young goats)

Crimean Tatar [edit]

Noun [edit]

min

  1. defect, fault

Danish [edit]

Abbreviation [edit]

min or min.

  1. abbreviation of minimal
  2. abbreviation of minimum
  3. abbreviation of minut

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *ek (“I”).

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /miːn/, [miːˀn]

Pronoun [edit]

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

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

See also [edit]

Danish personal pronouns
Number Person Inflection Nominative Accusative Possessive Reflexive Reflexive possessive
Singular First common jeg mig min
neuter mit
plural mine
Second common du dig din
neuter dit
plural dine
formal De Dem Deres
Third masculine han ham hans sig sin
feminine hun hende hendes
common den den dens
neuter det det dets sit
plural sine
Plural First — vi os vores
common vor
neuter vort
plural vore
Second – I jer jeres
formal De Dem Deres
Third – de dem deres sig

Dutch [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje)

  1. maid, especially a nursemaid

Preposition [edit]

min

  1. minus

Verb [edit]

min

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

Elfdalian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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Preposition [edit]

min

  1. with

Esperanto [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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

Pronoun [edit]

min

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

Galician [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

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

  1. me (singular first-person personal pronoun)

See also [edit]

Ido [edit]

Adverb [edit]

min

  1. less

Antonyms [edit]

Irish [edit]

Etymology [edit]

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Noun [edit]

min f (genitive mine)

  1. meal
  2. powdered matter

Declension [edit]

Declension of min

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

Mutation [edit]

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

Kurdish [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

min

  1. I
  2. me
  3. my, mine

Lojban [edit]

Rafsi [edit]

min

  1. rafsi of jmina.

Maltese [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Arabic مَن (man), Dialectal Arabic مين (mīn)

Pronoun [edit]

min

  1. who? (interrogative)

Derived terms [edit]

Mandarin [edit]

Romanization [edit]

min

  1. Nonstandard spelling of mīn.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of mǐn.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of mìn.

Usage notes [edit]

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.

Middle Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Dutch min, from Proto-Germanic *minniz.

Pronunciation [edit]

Adverb [edit]

min (superlative minst)

  1. less, to a smaller degree

Synonyms [edit]

Antonyms [edit]

Middle High German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old High German mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner [edit]

mîn

  1. my
  2. mine

Descendants [edit]

Norwegian Bokmål [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse minn.

Pronoun [edit]

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

  1. my, mine

References [edit]

  • “min” in The Bokmål Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

See also [edit]

    Personal pronouns in Bokmål
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person jeg meg min m
Second person du deg din m
Third person m han han/ham hans
Third person f hun henne hennes
Third person n det det dets
Third person, nonhuman m/f den den dens
Plural
First person vi oss vår m
Second person dere dere deres
Third person de dem deres

Norwegian Nynorsk [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Norse minn.

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

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

  1. my, mine

References [edit]

  • “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

See also [edit]

    Personal pronouns in Nynorsk
Nominative Objective case Genitive/Possessive pronoun
Singular
First person eg meg min m
Second person du deg din m
Third person m han han, honom3 hans
Third person f ho ho, henne hennar, hennes4
Third person n det, dat1 det, dat1 dess 2
Plural
First person me, vi oss vår m
Second person de, dokker dykk, dokker dykkar, dokkar, deires4
Third person dei dei, deim3 deira
Notes
1Never part of official Nynorsk/Landsmål. Primarily used before Landsmål received an official written norm.
2Rare or literary
3No longer part of the official written norm. Now primarily used in Høgnorsk texts.
4No longer part of the official written norm. These non-traditional forms were added to the norm to either approach the the Samnorsk ideal or certain dialects.

Old Dutch [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner [edit]

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Descendants [edit]

Old English [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meinos, 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.

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Etymology 2 [edit]

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

Adjective [edit]

min

  1. small
Derived terms [edit]

Old High German [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn.

Pronunciation [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Descendants [edit]

Old Saxon [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Determiner [edit]

mīn

  1. my
  2. mine

Declension [edit]

Old Saxon personal pronoun declensions
Personal pronouns
Singular 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative ik thū hē sīu it
Accusative mī, mik thī, thik ina sīa
Dative mī thī imu iru it
Genitive mīn thīn is ira is
Dual 1. 2. - - -
Nominative wit git - - -
Accusative unk ink - - -
Dative
Genitive unkaro inka - - -
Plural 1. 2. 3. m 3. f 3. n
Nominative wī gī sīa sīa sīu
Accusative ūs īu, gīu
Dative im
Genitive ūsar īuwar, gīuwar iro

Picard [edit]

Pronoun [edit]

min m

  1. my

Scottish Gaelic [edit]

Noun [edit]

min f (genitive mine, plural minean)

  1. flour

Usage notes [edit]

Synonyms [edit]

Derived terms [edit]

Swedish [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

Etymology 1 [edit]

From minut.

Abbreviation [edit]

min

  1. min; minute

Etymology 2 [edit]

From minimum.

Abbreviation [edit]

min

  1. min; minimum

Etymology 3 [edit]

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz.

Pronoun [edit]

min c (neuter mitt, plural mina)

  1. my
  2. mine
Declension [edit]
Swedish personal pronouns
subject object possessive
singular full full common neuter plural
1st person jag mig min mitt mina
2nd person du dig din ditt dina
3rd person masculine han honom hans
3rd person feminine hon henne hennes
3rd person common den den dess
3rd person neuter det det dess
3rd person indefinite man en ens
3rd person reflexive — sig sin sitt sina
plural
1st person vi oss vår vårt våra
2nd person ni er er ert era
3rd person de dem deras
3rd person reflexive — sig sin sitt sina

Etymology 4 [edit]

German Miene.

Noun [edit]

min c

  1. facial expression
Declension [edit]
Declension of min
singular plural
Common indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative min minen miner minerna
genitive mins minens miners minernas
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