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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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adj
Less; smaller; lower.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete
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An Ancient Egyptian god of fertility and procreation.
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A river in Fujian, China.
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A group of related Chinese languages from Fujian, including Hokkien and Eastern Min.
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A widely construed ethnic group composed of the speakers of those languages.
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Fujian province.
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A river in Sichuan, China.
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name
A male given name.
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name
A female given name.
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The Mountain Ok ethnic group of Sandaun, Papua New Guinea.
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name
Alternative form of Ming.
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Usage: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
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name
Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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name
Abbreviation of Minneapolis: a city in Minnesota, United States.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Abbreviation of minute.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Clipping of minute.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
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noun
Memory; remembrance.
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Usage: obsolete
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noun
Abbreviation of minimum.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of
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noun
Clipping of minimum.
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Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
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noun
minoxidil
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Usage: informal, uncountable
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verb
to bring to the mind of; remind
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
to remember
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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verb
to mention
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Usage: obsolete, transitive
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noun
any of the forms of Chinese spoken in Fukien province
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Min dialect, Fukien, Fukkianese, Hokkianese, Amoy, Taiwanese
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Broader terms: Chinese
noun
an Egyptian god of procreation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Egyptian deity
noun
a unit of time equal to 60 seconds or 1/60th of an hour
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: minute
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Broader terms: time unit, unit of time
History
From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, 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”).
From Egyptian R22:R12-C8 mnw.
From Mandarin 閩/闽 (Mǐn, “Fujian”).
From Mandarin 岷 (Mín).
From Mandarin 敏 (Mǐn).
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”).
Clipping of minoxidil.
From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.
Across languages
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