mineur

See also: Mineur

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnøːr/
• Hyphenation: mi‧neur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French mineur.

Noun

mineur m (plural mineurs)

1. sapper, one who undermines enemy lines and fortifications
2. military engineer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mineur.

Noun

mineur m or n (plural mineurs)

1. (music) minor scale

Derived terms

• in mineur
• mineurstemming
• mineurtoonsoort

Adjective

mineur (not comparable)

1. minor (mostly limited to technical jargon)
2. down, depressed, sad

Inflection

Declension of mineur
uninflected	mineur
inflected	mineure
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		mineur
indefinite	m./f. sing.	mineure
	n. sing.	mineur
	plural	mineure
definite		mineure
partitive		mineurs

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin minor. Compare the doublet moindre.

Adjective

mineur (feminine mineure, masculine plural mineurs, feminine plural mineures)

1. minor

Antonyms

• majeur

Noun

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineure)

1. A minor (as defined by the age of majority)

Antonyms

• majeur

Etymology 2

From miner +‎ -eur

Noun

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineuse)

1. A miner

Anagrams

• rumine, ruminé

Further reading

• “mineur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.