minute

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin minūta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu and menudo. ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: mĭn'ĭt, IPA(key): /ˈmɪnɪt/ Rhymes: -ɪnɪt ==== Noun ==== minute (plural minutes) A unit of time which is one sixtieth of an hour (sixty seconds). Alternative forms: min (least ambiguous symbol); m, M (symbols also widely used) Holonyms: hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond (informal) A short but unspecified time period. Synonyms: instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic; see also Thesaurus:moment give me a minute A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree. Synonyms: minute of arc, sexagesm, arcminute (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other similar network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network. A point in time; a moment. Synonyms: instant, moment; see also Thesaurus:point in time A nautical or a geographic mile. An old coin, a half farthing. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit. (architecture) A fixed part of a module. (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time. Synonyms: age, spell; see also Thesaurus:eon The distance that can be traveled in a minute. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Tok Pisin: minit Borrowings ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== 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. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin minūtus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minuō (“make smaller”). ==== Pronunciation ==== enPR: mīnūt' (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [maɪ̯ˈnjuːt], [maɪ̯ˈnjʊwt] (US) IPA(key): [maɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t] (Canada) IPA(key): [mɐ̟ɪ̯ˈn(j)u̟(ː)t], [məj-] (Ottawa-Valley) IPA(key): [mejˈnɪwt] (Wales) IPA(key): [mæ̠ɪ̯ˈnɪwt] enPR: minūt' (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [mɪˈnjuːt], [mɪˈnjʊwt] (US) IPA(key): [məˈn(j)u̟(ː)t] (Ottawa-Valley) IPA(key): [mɪˈnɪwt] Rhymes: -uːt, -ɪʊt ==== Adjective ==== minute (comparative minuter or more minute, superlative minutest or most minute) Very small. Synonyms: infinitesimal, insignificant, minuscule, tiny, trace; see also Thesaurus:tiny Antonyms: big, enormous, colossal, huge, significant, tremendous, vast Very careful and exact, giving small details. Synonyms: exact, exacting, excruciating, precise, scrupulous; see also Thesaurus:meticulous ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === minuet, munite, mutein, mutine, untime == Afrikaans == === Noun === minute plural of minuut == Esperanto == === Etymology === From minuto + -e. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈnute/ Rhymes: -ute Syllabification: mi‧nu‧te === Adverb === minute Lasting for a very short period; briefly, momentarily === Further reading === “minute”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN “minute”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026 == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French minute, borrowed from Latin minūta. Compare menu, an inherited doublet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /mi.nyt/ === Noun === minute f (plural minutes) minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Farefare: miniti Haitian Creole: minit → Romanian: minut === Interjection === minute wait a sec! === Verb === minute inflection of minuter: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “minute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /miˈnu.te/ Rhymes: -ute Hyphenation: mi‧nù‧te === Adjective === minute feminine plural of minuto === Anagrams === emunti, munite == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪˈnuː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [miˈnuː.te] === Participle === minūte vocative masculine singular of minūtus === References === “minute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “minute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “minute”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Middle English == === Noun === minute alternative form of mynute == Old French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Medieval Latin minūta. === Noun === minute oblique singular, f (oblique plural minutes, nominative singular minute, nominative plural minutes) minute (one sixtieth of an hour) Coordinate terms: segont, eure, jor, semaine, an ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: minute French: minute→ Farefare: minitiHaitian Creole: minit→ Romanian: minut → Dutch: minuutAfrikaans: minuut→ Caribbean Javanese: menit→ Papiamentu: minit, minüt, minuut→ Trió: minut Norman: minnute Walloon: munute → Central Franconian: Menutt, Minutt → German: Minute, Minut→ Czech: minuta→ Estonian: minut → Lower Sorbian: minuta → Luxembourgish: Minutt → Middle English: mynute, minute, mynut, mynet, minutEnglish: minuteTok Pisin: minitScots: meenit→ Welsh: munud == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: mi‧nu‧te === Verb === minute inflection of minutar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Romanian == === Noun === minute plural of minut