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min en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪn/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of minute.
   alt of minute
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of minute.
   alt of minute
   • Dinner's ready, darling! – Be there in a min!

Forms

min en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), from Proto-West Germanic *minni, from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”), from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Scots min (“less, lesser”), West Frisian min (“small, bad”), Dutch min (“less, small”), Low German minn (“small, low, lean”), German minder (“less”), Icelandic minna (“less”), Latin minus (“less”).

Meanings

1. (Scotland, UK, dialectal, obsolete) Less; smaller; lower.
   • The more and the minne Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)

Forms

Deriveds

minnock

Relateds

mince

min en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English min, minne, partly from Old English myne (“mind, intent, desire, love”), from Proto-West Germanic *muni, from Proto-Germanic *muniz (“mind, memory”); and also from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþiją (“memory, remembrance”); both from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”).

Meanings

1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.
   • […] and faith I've done that same and found me min; […] 1875, Joshiah Gilbet Holland, Sevenoaks:

Forms

min en · VERB · etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪn/

Etymology

From Middle English minnen, mynnen, from Old Norse minna (“to bring to mind”), from minni (“memory”). See above.

Meanings

1. (obsolete, transitive) to bring to the mind of; remind
2. (obsolete, transitive) to remember
3. (obsolete, transitive) to mention

Forms

min en · NOUN · etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪn/

Meanings

1. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of minimum.
   alt of minimum
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial) Clipping of minimum.
   alt of minimum
   • He's gotta be at least 60, min!

Forms

Antonyms

max

Deriveds

min-entropy · max-min fairness · min-max · min pay

Translations (2)

sv min (abbreviation for minimum) · ru мин. (abbreviation for minimum)

min en · NOUN · etymology 6

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /mɪn/

Etymology

Clipping of minoxidil.

Meanings

1. (informal, uncountable) minoxidil