minimum

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪməm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪnəməm/ Hyphenation: min‧i‧mum === Noun === minimum (plural minima or minimums) The lowest limit. The smallest amount. (astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star). (mathematical analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set. (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution. ==== Usage notes ==== Minima is more common plural for the technical senses. ==== Antonyms ==== maximum ==== Hypernyms ==== (statistics): measure of location extremum ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== minimal minimize, minimise ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === minimum (not comparable) To the lowest degree. Synonym: minimal ==== Derived terms ==== minimum wage ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈmɪnɪmum] === Noun === minimum n minimum Antonym: maximum ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== See minus === Further reading === “minimum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “minimum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “minimum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Danish == === Noun === minimum n (singular definite minimummet, plural indefinite minimummer) minimum ==== Declension ==== ==== Antonyms ==== maksimum === Further reading === “minimum” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin minimum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmi.niˌmʏm/ Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum === Noun === minimum n (plural minima, no diminutive) minimum ==== Usage notes ==== Note that the plural minima has meanings specific to it. ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.ni.mɔm/ Rhymes: -ɔm Homophone: minimums === Noun === minimum m (plural minima or minimums) minimum ==== Usage notes ==== The 1990 spelling reform recommends that the plural of minimum should be minimums. ==== Derived terms ==== au minimum minimum syndical salaire minimum strict minimum ==== Descendants ==== Persian: مینیمم (minimom) === Further reading === “minimum”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch minimum, from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /miˈnimum/ [miˈni.mʊm] Rhymes: -imum Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mum === Noun === minimum (plural minimum-minimum) minimum the lowest limit. the smallest amount. ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “minimum”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɪ.nɪ.mũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmiː.ni.mum] === Adjective === minimum inflection of minimus: accusative masculine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular === References === “minimum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers minimum in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Latin minimum. === Noun === minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minima or minimumer, definite plural minimaene or minimuma or minimumene) minimum ==== Antonyms ==== maksimum ==== Derived terms ==== minimumskrav === References === “minimum” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Latin minimum. === Noun === minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minimum, definite plural minimuma) minimum ==== Antonyms ==== maksimum ==== Derived terms ==== minimumskrav === References === “minimum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Polish == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin minimum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmi.ɲi.mum/, (colloquial) /miˈɲi.mum/ Rhymes: -iɲimum, -imum Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mum === Adverb === minimum (not comparable) at least Synonym: co najmniej === Noun === minimum n minimum Antonym: maksimum ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “minimum”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “minimum”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin minimum. === Noun === minimum n (uncountable) minimum (lowest limit) minimum, modicum (small quantity) ==== Declension ==== == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mǐnimum/ Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum === Noun === mìnimum m inan (Cyrillic spelling мѝнимум) minimum ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Noun === minimum n minimum ==== Declension ====