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See also Minute, minutë, and minutė

Contents

1 English
1.1 Etymology 1
1.1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.2 Noun
1.1.2.1 Related terms 1.1.2.2 Translations 1.1.2.3 Synonyms
1.1.3 Verb
1.1.3.1 Translations
1.2 Etymology 2
1.2.1 Pronunciation 1.2.2 Adjective
1.2.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2.2 Antonyms 1.2.2.3 Translations
2 French
2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.4 Interjection
3 Italian
3.1 Adjective

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French minut, from Mediaeval Latin minuta (“‘60th of an hour", "note’â€)

[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: mÄ­n'Ä­t, IPA: /ˈmɪnɪt/, SAMPA: /"mInIt/  Audio (US)help, file Rhymes: -ɪnɪt

[edit] Noun

Singular
minute

Plural
minutes

minute (plural minutes)

A unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one-sixtieth of an hour.
You have twenty minutes to complete the test.
A short but unspecified time period.
Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!
A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.
(in plural minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.
Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.
A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.
If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.

[edit] Related terms
arcminute

[edit] Translations
unit of time
Albanian: minutë sq(sq) f. Arabic: دقيقة (daqÄ«qa) f. Armenian: Ö€Õ¸ÕºÕ¥ (rope) Bosnian: minuta bs(bs) f., minut bs(bs) m. Bulgarian: минута bg(bg) (minúta) f. Chinese: 分é˜, 分钟 (fÄ“n zhÅng) Croatian: minuta hr(hr) f., minut hr(hr) m. Czech: minuta cs(cs) f., Dutch: minuut nl(nl), Esperanto: minuto eo(eo) Finnish: minuutti fi(fi), French: minute fr(fr) f. German: Minute de(de) f., Greek: λεπτό el(el) (leptó) n. Hebrew: דקה (daka) f. Hungarian: perc hu(hu), Icelandic: mínúta is(is) f. Indonesian: menit id(id) (often used), minit, minuta Italian: minuto it(it) m. Japanese: 分 (ãµã‚“ fun, ã·ã‚“ pun) Korean: 분 (bun)
Lao: ນາທີ lo(lo) (naa-tii) Latvian: minÅ«te lv(lv) f. Lithuanian: minutÄ— lt(lt) f. Malay: minit ms(ms), Maltese: minuta mt(mt) f., Norwegian: minutt no(no) n., Ojibwe: diba'igaans Polish: minuta pl(pl) f. Portuguese: minuto pt(pt) m. Russian: минута ru(ru) (minúta) f. Serbian:
Cyrillic: минута f., минут m.
Roman: minuta f., minut m., Äasak m.
Slovene: minuta sl(sl) f., Spanish: minuto es(es) m. Swedish: minut sv(sv) c., Thai: นาที th(th) (naa-tee) Turkish: dakika tr(tr), Ukrainian: хвилина (khvylyna) f. Welsh: munud cy(cy),
short but unspecified period of time
Armenian: Ö€Õ¸ÕºÕ¥ (rope) Dutch: minuutje nl(nl) n., secondje nl(nl) n., Finnish: hetki fi(fi), hetkinen fi(fi), French: minute fr(fr) f., moment fr(fr) m., instant fr(fr) m. German: Moment de(de) m., Greek: στιγμή el(el) (stigmí) f. Hebrew: רגע (rega) m., זמן קצר Icelandic: augablik is(is) n., mínúta is(is) f. Italian: attimo it(it) m., momento it(it) m., Lithuanian: minutÄ— lt(lt) f., akimirka lt(lt) f.
Malay: sekejap ms(ms), Maltese: minuta mt(mt), Norwegian: øyeblikk no(no) n. Polish: minuta pl(pl) f. Portuguese: instante pt(pt) m., minuto pt(pt) m., momento pt(pt) m. Russian: минута ru(ru) (minúta) f. Spanish: minuto es(es) m., momento es(es) m., Swedish: ögonblick sv(sv) n. Thai: à¹à¸›à¹Šà¸šà¹€à¸”ียว th(th) (bpáep dieow)
unit of angular measure
Armenian: Ö€Õ¸ÕºÕ¥ (rope) Czech: minuta cs(cs) f., Dutch: minuut nl(nl), Esperanto: minuto eo(eo) Finnish: minuutti fi(fi), French: minute fr(fr) f. German: Minute de(de) f., Greek: μοίÏα (míra) f. Hebrew: דקת קשת he(he) Latvian: minÅ«te lv(lv) f.
Lithuanian: minutÄ— lt(lt) f. Norwegian: minutt no(no) n., Polish: minuta pl(pl) f. Portuguese: minuto pt(pt) m. Russian: минута ru(ru) (minúta) f. Slovene: minuta sl(sl) f., Spanish: minuto es(es) m., Swedish: minut sv(sv) c., bÃ¥gminut sv(sv) c.
record of meeting
Czech: zápis cs(cs) m. Dutch: notulen (pl.) Finnish: pöytäkirja fi(fi) French: procès-verbal fr(fr) m. Greek: Ï€Ïωτόκολλο el(el) (protókolo) n., καταγÏαφή el(el) (katagrafí) f. Hebrew: פרוטוקול (protokol) Japanese: 議事録 (ãŽã˜ã‚ã) Malay: catatan ms(ms),
Maltese: minuta mt(mt), Norwegian: protokoll no(no) m., Polish: protokół pl(pl) m., notatka pl(pl) f. Portuguese: ata pt(pt) f. Russian: протокол ru(ru) (protokól) m. Spanish: acta es(es) f. Swedish: protokoll sv(sv) n.,
minute of use of telephone network
Armenian: Ö€Õ¸ÕºÕ¥ (rope) Czech: minuta cs(cs) f., Greek: μονάδα el(el) (monáda) f. Malay: minit ms(ms),
Polish: minuta pl(pl) f. Russian: минута ru(ru) (minúta) f. Spanish: minuto es(es) m.
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Breton: munut m., munutoù (1) Catalan: minut m. ^ (1) Ido: minuto Interlingua: minuta (1, 4) Kurdish: deqe, deqîqe (1-3) Romanian: minut n. (1) Yiddish: מינוט (minút) (1)

[edit] Synonyms
(short, unspecified period of time): instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic (unit of angular measure): minute of arc

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to minute

Third person singular
minutes

Simple past
minuted

Past participle
minuted

Present participle
minuting

to minute (third-person singular simple present minutes, present participle minuting, simple past and past participle minuted)

(transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.
1995, Edmund Dell, The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe [1]
On 17 November 1949 Jay minuted Cripps, arguing that trade liberalization on inessentials was socially regressive.
1996, Peter Hinchliffe, The Other Battle [2]
The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Richard Peirse, was sceptical of its findings, minuting, ‘I don’t think at this rate we could have hoped to produce the damage which is known to have been achieved.’
2003, David Roberts, Four Against the Arctic [3]
[...] Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; minuting down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures.

[edit] Translations
to write
Dutch: notuleren nl(nl), Finnish: pitää pöytäkirjaa German: protokollieren de(de), aufzeichnen de(de), Greek: Ï€Ïωτοκολλώ el(el) (protokoló), καταγÏάφω el(el) (katagráfo)
Hebrew: לסכנhe(he), ×œ×¨×©×•× ×‘×¤×¨×•×˜×•×§×•×œ he(he), ×œ×¨×©×•× ×¤×¨×•×˜×•×§×•×œ he(he) Interlingua: minutar Russian: веÑти протокол (vestí protokól) Swedish: föra protokoll, protokollföra

[edit] Etymology 2

From Latin minÅ«tus (“‘small", "petty’â€), past participle of minuo (“‘make smaller’â€)

[edit] Pronunciation

(UK) enPR: mÄ«nyoÍžot', IPA: /maɪˈnjuËt/, SAMPA: /maI'nju:t/ (US) enPR: mÄ«n(y)oÍžot', IPA: /maɪ'n(j)ut/, SAMPA: /maI"n(j)ut/  Audio (US)help, file Rhymes: -uËt

[edit] Adjective

minute (comparative minuter, superlative minutest)

Positive
minute

Comparative
minuter

Superlative
minutest

Very small.
They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.
very careful and exact, giving small details.

[edit] Synonyms
infinitesimal, insignificant, minuscule, tiny

[edit] Antonyms
big, enormous, colossal, huge, significant, tremendous

[edit] Translations
very small
Catalan: menut, diminut, minúscul m., menuda, diminuta, minúscula f. Dutch: minuscuul nl(nl), minuscule nl(nl), onbeduidend nl(nl), onbeduidende nl(nl), nietig nl(nl), nietige nl(nl), Finnish: pienenpieni fi(fi), French: minuscule fr(fr) German: winzig de(de), Greek: μικÏοσκοπικός el(el) (mikroskopikós) m.
Hebrew: זעיר (zair) m. (1), מפורט (meforat) m. (2) Interlingua: minuscule, minute Italian: minuscolo it(it) m., minuscola it(it) f., piccolissimo it(it) m., piccolissima it(it) f. Polish: malutki pl(pl), Portuguese: minúsculo pt(pt) m. Romanian: minuscul ro(ro) m., minusculă ro(ro) f. Swedish: mycket lite sv(sv), väldigt lite sv(sv)

[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Mediaeval Latin minuta

[edit] Pronunciation

 audiohelp, file

[edit] Noun

minute f. (plural minutes)

minute

[edit] Interjection

minute (or minute papillon)

let a moment!

[edit] Italian

[edit] Adjective

minute (feminine plural)

Feminine plural form of minuto. tiny, minute; fine, delicate, detailed
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