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minuend

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmɪnjʊˌɛnd/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A number or quantity from which another is to be subtracted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: arithmetic

Examples

  • In the subtraction 10 − 4, 10 is the minuend and 4 is the subtrahend.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the number from which the subtrahend is subtracted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: number

History

Etymology

From Latin minuendus (“something to be diminished”), gerundive of minuō (“decrease, diminish”), by surface analysis, minus + -end.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: նվազելի (nvazeli) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Asturian: minuendu — number from which another is subtracted
  • Azerbaijani: azalan — number from which another is subtracted
  • Bulgarian: умаляемо (umaljaemo) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Catalan: minuend — number from which another is subtracted
  • Cebuano: kuhaanan — number from which another is subtracted
  • Chinese Mandarin: 被減數 /被减数 (bèijiǎnshù) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Czech: menšenec — number from which another is subtracted
  • Dutch: aftrekgetal — number from which another is subtracted
  • Finnish: vähennettävä — number from which another is subtracted
  • French: diminuende — number from which another is subtracted
  • Galician: minuendo — number from which another is subtracted
  • Georgian: სამცირი (samciri) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Georgian: საკლები (saḳlebi) — number from which another is subtracted
  • German: Minuend — number from which another is subtracted
  • Greek: μειωτέος (meiotéos) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Hungarian: kisebbítendő — number from which another is subtracted
  • Icelandic: frádráttarstofn — number from which another is subtracted
  • Indonesian: kinurang — number from which another is subtracted
  • Ingrian: vähennettävä — number from which another is subtracted
  • Italian: minuendo — number from which another is subtracted
  • Japanese: 被減数 (higensū) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Japanese: 引かれる数 (hikareru kazu) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Korean: 피감수 (pigamsu) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Korean: 빼임수 (ppaeimsu) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Māori: tau matua — number from which another is subtracted
  • Polish: odjemna — number from which another is subtracted
  • Portuguese: diminuendo — number from which another is subtracted
  • Portuguese: minuendo — number from which another is subtracted
  • Romanian: descăzut — number from which another is subtracted
  • Russian: уменьша́емое (umenʹšájemoje) — number from which another is subtracted
  • Serbo-Croatian: umanjenik — number from which another is subtracted
  • Spanish: minuendo — number from which another is subtracted
  • Tagalog: bawasin — number from which another is subtracted
  • Turkish: eksilen — number from which another is subtracted