minore

See also: minoré

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nɔʁ/
• Homophones: minorent, minores

Verb

minore

1. inflection of minorer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• mérion

Italian

Etymology

From Latin minōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈno.re/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: mi‧nó‧re

Adjective

minore

1. comparative degree of piccolo
   1. less
   2. shorter
   3. lesser
   4. lower
   5. younger
   6. minor (music)
2. superlative degree of piccolo
   1. least
   2. shortest
   3. lowest
   4. youngest

Usage notes

• The apocopic form minor can optionally be used before singular nouns.

Derived terms

• minormente

Noun

minore m or f by sense (plural minori)

1. younger
2. youngest
3. minor (underage person)

Noun

minore m (plural minori)

1. (mathematics) minor

Further reading

• minore in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• minore in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• minore in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• minore in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• minore in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• minore in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Mirone, enormi, minerò, remino, rimeno, rimenò, romeni

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miˈnoː.re/, [mɪˈnoːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈno.re/, [miˈnɔːre]

Noun

minōre

1. ablative singular of minor

Romanian

Adjective

minore m or f or n (masculine plural minori, feminine and neuter plural minore)

1. Obsolete form of minor.

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	minore		minore		minori	minore
	definite	minorele		minorea		minorii	minorele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	minore		minore		minori	minore
	definite	minorelui		minorei		minorilor	minorelor

References

• minore in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnoɾe/ [miˈno.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -oɾe
• Syllabification: mi‧no‧re

Verb

minore

1. inflection of minorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative