menor
التعريفات والمعاني
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin minōrem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Northern) [məˈnur]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [məˈno]
IPA(key): (Central) [məˈnor]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [meˈnoɾ]
IPA(key): (Northwestern) [meˈnor]
=== Adjective ===
menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menors)
lower, low
minor, small
(music) minor
=== Noun ===
menor m or f by sense (plural menors)
minor (person who is below the age of majority)
Synonym: menor d'etat
=== Further reading ===
Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “menor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
“menor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“menor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish menor.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /miˈnoɾ/ [mɪˈn̪oɾ̪]
Hyphenation: me‧nor
=== Verb ===
menór (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔) (of driving)
to slow down
Synonym: pahinay
to shift to a lower gear
== Chavacano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Spanish menor (“younger”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈnoɾ/, [meˈnoɾ]
Hyphenation: me‧nor
=== Adjective ===
menor
younger
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin minōrem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈnoɾ/ [mẽˈnoɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Hyphenation: me‧nor
=== Adjective ===
menor m or f (plural menores)
minor, lesser
Antonym: maior
(music) minor
Antonym: maior
== Old French ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin minōrem.
=== Adjective ===
menor (oblique singular, nominative singular meindre)
smaller
smallest
very small
==== Derived terms ====
Bretaigne la Menur
==== Descendants ====
→ English: minor
French: mineur, moindre (from the nominative singular)
=== References ===
Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “menor”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
menur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
Hyphenation: me‧nor
=== Adjective ===
menor m or f (plural menores)
(followed by que) comparative degree of pequeno; smaller
Antonym: maior
(preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of pequeno; smallest
Antonym: maior
minor, lesser
Antonym: maior
(law, of a person) underage, minor (below legal adulthood)
Synonym: (proscribed) de menor
=== Noun ===
menor m or f by sense (plural menores)
(law) minor, underage (person below the legal age of responsibility or accountability)
=== Further reading ===
“menor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“menor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Latin minōrem.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /meˈnoɾ/ [meˈnoɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: me‧nor
=== Adjective ===
menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menores)
comparative degree of pequeño: smaller
Antonym: mayor
comparative degree of joven: younger
Antonym: mayor
minor
(el menor) superlative degree of pequeño: smallest
(el menor) superlative degree of joven: youngest
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Noun ===
menor m or f by sense (plural menores)
minor; child
==== Derived terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“menor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Spanish menor, from Latin minōrem.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /meˈnoɾ/ [mɛˈn̪oɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: me‧nor
=== Adjective ===
menór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
of minor importance
young; not yet of age
(music) minor
=== Noun ===
menór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
child of minor age
(music) minor key
Synonym: modo menor
medium-rate acceleration (while driving a vehicle)
(figurative) slowing down
==== Derived terms ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“menor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“menor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
=== Anagrams ===
mer-on, meron