mino

See also: Mino, minó, minò, Miño, and minő

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese 蓑 (mino).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnəʊ/, /ˈmiːnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪnoʊ/, /ˈmiːnəʊ/
• Homophone: minnow

Noun

mino (plural mino)

1. (historical) A traditional Japanese raincoat made from straw.

Etymology 2

Presumably originally a hypercorrection of myna under the assumption that it had been subjected to the reduction of unstressed final /əʊ///oʊ/ common in nonstandard English varieties (compare fella, winda; in thorough and (-)borough such reduction is standard as these words are often unstressed).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmaɪnoʊ/

Noun

mino (plural minos)

1. Archaic form of myna (“type of bird”).
   • 1877, C. W. Gedney, Foreign cage birds, volume 2, page 195:

     He is a native of East India and its adjacent islands, but the high estimation in which the Mino is held amongst the natives, and the ready sale which promising specimens realise (the equivalent of £2 being often paid in India) render it difficult to obtain a really good bird in England except at an extravagant price.

Derived terms

• mino bird

Anagrams

• Moni, omni, omni-

Catalan

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minar

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mi‧no

Noun

mino

1. (folklore) a magic spell cast, by a supernatural being, to confuse, disorient or make people lose their way

Verb

mino

1. (folklore) to disorient; to become lost

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmino]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ino
• Hyphenation: mi‧no

Noun

mino (accusative singular minon, plural minoj, accusative plural minojn)

1. mine (place where ores or minerals are mined)

   Synonym: minejo

Faliscan

Etymology

Cognate with Latin minor.

Adjective

mino (feminine mino)

1. smaller
2. younger

French

Noun

mino m (plural minos)

1. Alternative spelling of minot (“kid”)

Italian

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minare

Anagrams

• -nimo, nimo, nomi

Javanese

Noun

mino

1. Nonstandard spelling of mina.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.noː/, [ˈmɪnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.no/, [ˈmiːno]

Etymology 1

Collateral form of minor (“threaten, goad”). Attested in sense 1 from the second century CE in Apuleius. Sense 2 is found in numerous later works.

Verb

minō (present infinitive mināre, perfect active mināvī, supine minātum); first conjugation

1. to drive or goad (animals)
2. to drive or lead (people) (Late Latin)

Conjugation

Conjugation of minō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	minō	minās	minat	mināmus	minātis	minant
	imperfect	minābam	minābās	minābat	minābāmus	minābātis	minābant
	future	minābō	minābis	minābit	minābimus	minābitis	minābunt
	perfect	mināvī	mināvistī	mināvit	mināvimus	mināvistis	mināvērunt, mināvēre
	pluperfect	mināveram	mināverās	mināverat	mināverāmus	mināverātis	mināverant
	future perfect	mināverō	mināveris	mināverit	mināverimus	mināveritis	mināverint
passive	present	minor	mināris, mināre	minātur	mināmur	mināminī	minantur
	imperfect	minābar	minābāris, minābāre	minābātur	minābāmur	minābāminī	minābantur
	future	minābor	mināberis, minābere	minābitur	minābimur	minābiminī	minābuntur
	perfect	minātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	minātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	minātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	minem	minēs	minet	minēmus	minētis	minent
	imperfect	minārem	minārēs	mināret	minārēmus	minārētis	minārent
	perfect	mināverim	mināverīs	mināverit	mināverīmus	mināverītis	mināverint
	pluperfect	mināvissem	mināvissēs	mināvisset	mināvissēmus	mināvissētis	mināvissent
passive	present	miner	minēris, minēre	minētur	minēmur	minēminī	minentur
	imperfect	minārer	minārēris, minārēre	minārētur	minārēmur	minārēminī	minārentur
	perfect	minātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	minātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	minā	—	—	mināte	—
	future	—	minātō	minātō	—	minātōte	minantō
passive	present	—	mināre	—	—	mināminī	—
	future	—	minātor	minātor	—	—	minantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mināre	mināvisse	minātūrum esse	minārī	minātum esse	minātum īrī
participles		mināns	—	minātūrus	—	minātus	minandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		minandī	minandō	minandum	minandō	minātum	minātū

Derived terms

• amoenus

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: min, minari
  • Romanian: mâna, mânare
• Dalmatian:
  • menur
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: menare
  • Neapolitan: menà
  • Sicilian: minari
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: menâ
  • Ladin: mener
  • Piedmontese: mnè, magnè
  • Romansch: mner
  • Venetan: menar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: menar
  • Old French: mener
    • Bourguignon: moiner
    • French: mener
    • Norman: m'ner, mener
    • Picard: mner
    • → German: mennen
• Occitano-Romance:
  • Catalan: menar
  • Occitan: menar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: aminar, amenar
  • Spanish: menar

Etymology 2

From mina (“ore, mine”) +‎ -ō (denominative verb suffix), from Gaulish *mēnā (“ore, mine”).

Verb

minō (present infinitive mināre, perfect active mināvī, supine minātum); first conjugation (Late Latin, Medieval Latin)

1. to mine
2. to sap, undermine

Conjugation

Conjugation of minō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	minō	minās	minat	mināmus	minātis	minant
	imperfect	minābam	minābās	minābat	minābāmus	minābātis	minābant
	future	minābō	minābis	minābit	minābimus	minābitis	minābunt
	perfect	mināvī	mināvistī	mināvit	mināvimus	mināvistis	mināvērunt, mināvēre
	pluperfect	mināveram	mināverās	mināverat	mināverāmus	mināverātis	mināverant
	future perfect	mināverō	mināveris	mināverit	mināverimus	mināveritis	mināverint
passive	present	minor	mināris, mināre	minātur	mināmur	mināminī	minantur
	imperfect	minābar	minābāris, minābāre	minābātur	minābāmur	minābāminī	minābantur
	future	minābor	mināberis, minābere	minābitur	minābimur	minābiminī	minābuntur
	perfect	minātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	minātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	minātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	minem	minēs	minet	minēmus	minētis	minent
	imperfect	minārem	minārēs	mināret	minārēmus	minārētis	minārent
	perfect	mināverim	mināverīs	mināverit	mināverīmus	mināverītis	mināverint
	pluperfect	mināvissem	mināvissēs	mināvisset	mināvissēmus	mināvissētis	mināvissent
passive	present	miner	minēris, minēre	minētur	minēmur	minēminī	minentur
	imperfect	minārer	minārēris, minārēre	minārētur	minārēmur	minārēminī	minārentur
	perfect	minātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	minātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	minā	—	—	mināte	—
	future	—	minātō	minātō	—	minātōte	minantō
passive	present	—	mināre	—	—	mināminī	—
	future	—	minātor	minātor	—	—	minantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mināre	mināvisse	minātūrum esse	minārī	minātum esse	minātum īrī
participles		mināns	—	minātūrus	—	minātus	minandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		minandī	minandō	minandum	minandō	minātum	minātū

References

• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “minare”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “minare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 682

Further reading

• “mino”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• mino in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• mino in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) to use threats: minas iacere, iactare
    

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.nɔ/
• Rhymes: -inɔ
• Syllabification: mi‧no

Noun

mino f

1. vocative singular of mina

Portuguese

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmino/ [ˈmi.no]
• Rhymes: -ino
• Syllabification: mi‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Lunfardo.

Noun

mino m (plural minos, feminine mina, feminine plural minas)

1. (Argentina, Chile, colloquial) boy (young man)

Etymology 2

Verb

mino

1. first-person singular present indicative of minar

Further reading

• “mino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28