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Latin minimus
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Italic *-om
Latin -um
Latin minimumlbor.
English minimum

    Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).

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    minimum (plural minima or minimums)

    1. The lowest limit.
      We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
      We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all times.
    2. The smallest amount.
      He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
      Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
      • 2021 April 16, Judy Berman, “Kate Winslet's Mare of Easttown Is the Rare Crime Drama That Cares About Its Characters”, in Time‎[1]:
        Realism might be the hardest aesthetic to do well. The performances have to be genuinely moving and the setting vividly evoked; bonkers twists must be kept to a minimum.
    3. (astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
      The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth.
    4. (mathematical analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
    5. (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

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    • Minima is more common plural for the technical senses.

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    minimum (not comparable)

    1. To the lowest degree.
      Synonym: minimal

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    Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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    minimum n

    1. minimum
      Antonym: maximum

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    Declension of minimum (hard neuter foreign)
    singular plural
    nominative minimum minima
    genitive minima minim
    dative minimu minimům
    accusative minimum minima
    vocative minimum minima
    locative minimu minimech
    instrumental minimem minimy
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    Danish

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    Noun

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    minimum n (singular definite minimummet, plural indefinite minimummer)

    1. minimum

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    Declension of minimum
    neuter
    gender     		singular plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative minimum minimummet minimummer minimummerne
    genitive minimums minimummets minimummers minimummernes

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    Dutch

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    Borrowed from Latin minimum.

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    • IPA(key): /ˈmi.niˌmʏm/
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    • Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum

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    minimum n (plural minima, no diminutive)

    1. minimum

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    • Note that the plural minima has meanings specific to it.

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    French

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    minimum m (plural minima or minimums)

    1. minimum

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    • The 1990 spelling reform recommends that the plural of minimum should be minimums.

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    • Persian: مینیمم (minimom)

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    Indonesian

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    Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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    Borrowed from Dutch minimum, from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).

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    minimum (plural minimum-minimum)

    1. minimum
      1. the lowest limit.
      2. the smallest amount.
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    Latin

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      minimum

      1. inflection of minimus:
        1. accusative masculine singular
        2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

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      • “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

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      From Latin minimum.

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      minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minima or minimumer, definite plural minimaene or minimuma or minimumene)

      1. minimum

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      From Latin minimum.

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      minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minimum, definite plural minimuma)

      1. minimum

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      Polish

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      Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia pl

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      Latin minimus
      Proto-Indo-European *-om
      Proto-Italic *-om
      Latin -um
      Latin minimumlbor.
      Polish minimum

        Learned borrowing from Latin minimum.

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        minimum (not comparable)

        1. at least
          Synonym: co najmniej

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        minimum n

        1. minimum
          Antonym: maksimum

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        Declension of minimum
        singular plural
        nominative minimum minima
        genitive minimum minimów
        dative minimum minimom
        accusative minimum minima
        instrumental minimum minimami
        locative minimum minimach
        vocative minimum minima

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        • “minimum”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[3] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • “minimum”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[4] (in Polish)

        Romanian

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Latin minimum.

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        minimum n (uncountable)

        1. minimum (lowest limit)
        2. minimum, modicum (small quantity)

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        singular only indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative minimum minimumul
        genitive-dative minimum minimumului
        vocative minimumule

        Serbo-Croatian

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        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /mǐnimum/
        • Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum

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        mìnimum m inan (Cyrillic spelling мѝнимум)

        1. minimum

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        Declension of minimum
        singular plural
        nominative minimum minimumi
        genitive minimuma minimuma
        dative minimumu minimumima
        accusative minimum minimume
        vocative minimume minimumi
        locative minimumu minimumima
        instrumental minimumom minimumima

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        minimum n

        1. minimum

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        Declension of minimum
        nominative genitive
        singular indefinite minimum minimums
        definite minimumet minimumets
        plural indefinite minimum minimums
        definite minimumen minimumens
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