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English

Etymology

From Middle English moment, from Old French moment, from Latin m?mentum. Doublet of momentum and movement.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m??m?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mo?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mo?ment

Noun

moment (countable and uncountable, plural moments)

1. A brief, unspecified amount of time.

   Synonyms: stound, instant, trice
2. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
3. (figuratively) Weight or importance.
   • 1597, William Shakespeare, Richard III, 3,7,67:

     In deep designs, in matter of great moment, / No less importing than our general good.

   • 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Second Stain, (Norton 2005, p.1192)

     The document in question is of such immense importance that its publication might very easily – I might almost say probably – lead to European complications of the utmost moment.

4. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the axis of rotation.

   Synonym: moment of force

5. (historical, unit) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth of an hour.
6. (neurology, informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
7. (colloquial) A fit; a brief tantrum.
8. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
9. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.

Derived terms

See also

• torque

Translations

References

• 1897 Universal Dictionary of the English Language, v 3 p 3174. ("The smallest portion of time; an instant." is a direct quote from this Dictionary.)

Further reading

• moment on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• montem

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /mo?ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /mu?men/
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (specific instant or time)

Derived terms

• de moment
• momentet

Further reading

• “moment” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “moment” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “moment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “moment” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?mom?nt]

Noun

moment m

1. moment (specific instant or time)

Related terms

• See motiv

Further reading

• moment in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• moment in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch moment, from Middle French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mo??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: mo?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

moment n (plural momenten, diminutive momentje n)

1. moment (very brief period of time)

   Synonym: ogenblik

2. (physics) moment of force, moment

   Synonym: krachtmoment

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: moment
• ? Indonesian: momen

French

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?.m??/

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment (point in time)
2. moment (short period of time)
3. a while

4. (physics, mechanics) moment, momentum

Derived terms

See also

• instant

Further reading

• “moment” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment, instant

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin momentum, from movere

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??m?nt/

Noun

moment n (definite singular momentet, indefinite plural moment, definite plural momenta)

1. element, variable, contributing factor or circumstance

2. (physics) moment of force

References

• “moment” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

Noun

moment m (plural moments)

1. moment

Polish

Etymology

From Latin m?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?.m?nt/

Noun

moment m inan (diminutive momencik)

1. (physics) moment

   moment bezw?adno?ci – moment of inertia

   moment gn?cy / moment zginaj?cy – bending moment

   moment p?du – angular momentum, moment of momentum

   moment si?y – moment of force

   moment skr?caj?cy – twisting moment

2. moment, a short period of time

   Synonym: chwila

Declension

Derived terms

• momentalny
• momentami

Further reading

• moment in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• moment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French moment, from Latin momentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [mo?ment]

Noun

moment n (plural momente)

1. moment (brief period of time) (clarification of this definition is needed)

Declension

See also

• clip?
• secund?

Translingual

Symbol

min

1. (mathematics) minimum function
2. minute in International System of Units

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n/
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. Abbreviation of minute.
2. (colloquial) Clipping of minute.

Etymology 2

From Middle English min, from Old English min (“less; small, mean”), 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”).

Alternative forms

• myn, minne, mynne

Adjective

min

1. (obsolete or Britain dialectal, Scotland) less
   • Le Bone Florence (late 1300s)

     The more and the minne

Etymology 3

From Middle English min, minne, from Old Norse minni (“memory”), from Proto-Germanic *gaminþij? (“memory, remembrance”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Related to Icelandic minni (“memory”), German Minne (“love”). More at mine.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. (obsolete) Memory; remembrance.

Etymology 4

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

Verb

min (third-person singular simple present mins, present participle minning, simple past and past participle minned)

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

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• min.

Noun

min (plural mins)

1. Abbreviation of minimum.
2. (colloquial) Clipping of minimum.

   Antonym: max

Translations

Anagrams

• INM, NMI, nim

Arigidi

Pronoun

min

1. me, first person singular pronoun, as object

References

• B. Oshodi, The HTS (High Tone Syllable) in Arigidi: An Introduction, in the Nordic Journal of African Studies 20(4): 263–275 (2011)

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• minu

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *min?, from Latin minor. Compare Romanian mâna, mân.

Verb

min (third-person singular present indicative minã, past participle minatã)

1. I move

Related terms

Asturian

Pronoun

min

1. me (as the object of a preposition)

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *bï? (“thousand”). Cognate with Old Turkic ????????????? (bï?), ????????????? (bi?), Old Uyghur mynk (mï?, “thousand”), Turkish bin (“thousand”), Bashkir ??? (meñ, “thousand”), etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [min]

Numeral

min

1. thousand

Declension

Basque

Etymology

From Proto-Basque *bin.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /mi?/

Adjective

min (comparative minago, superlative minen, excessive minegi)

1. intimate

Declension

Noun

min inan

1. pain
2. longing, wish

Declension

Further reading

• “min” in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus
• “min” in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia, euskaltzaindia.eus

Cornish

Alternative forms

• mìn, mynn

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m?n]

Noun

min f (singulative minen)

1. kids (young goats)

Crimean Tatar

Noun

min

1. defect, fault

Danish

Adjective

min or min.

1. Abbreviation of minimal.

Noun

min or min.

1. Abbreviation of minimum.
2. Abbreviation of minut.

Etymology

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *m?naz (“my”), genitive of *ek (“I”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?n/, [mi??n]

Pronoun

min (neuter mit, plural mine)

1. mine 1.st person singular possessive pronoun
2. my 1.st person singular possessive adjective

See also

Domari

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic ????? (min).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n/

Preposition

min

1. from

References

• Matras, Yaron (2012) A Grammar of Domari (Mouton Grammar Library)?^[1], Walter de Gruyter, ?ISBN, page 172

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n/
• Hyphenation: min
• Rhymes: -?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch minne, from minnemoeder.

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

1. wetnurse
2. maid, especially a nursemaid

Related terms

• minnemoeder

Etymology 2

A contractor of mannin (“woman”).

Noun

min f (plural minnen, diminutive minnetje n)

1. woman

Derived terms

• meermin
• zeemeermin

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch min, from Old Dutch min.

Preposition

min

1. minus

   Synonym: minus

Adjective

min

1. (obsolete) Comparative form of weinig; less, fewer.

Derived terms

• min of meer

Adjective

min (comparative minder, superlative minst)

1. few, little, less common synonym of weinig.
2. opprobrious, unpleasant

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

min

1. first-person singular present indicative of minnen
2. imperative of minnen

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse með, with a change from ð > n.

Preposition

min

1. with

Esperanto

Etymology

Esperanto first person singular pronoun mi + accusative/objective case ending -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/
• Hyphenation: min
• Audio:

Pronoun

min

1. accusative of mi

2. myself

Finnish

Noun

min

1. Abbreviation of minuutti.

Anagrams

• nim

Galician

Pronoun

min

1. oblique of eu

Guayabero

Noun

min

1. water

References

• Randall Q. Huber, Robert B. Reed, Comparative vocabulary (1992), page 48; also ASJP (min); contrast ?estmír Loukotka, ?Johannes Wilbert (editor), Classification of South American Indian Languages (1968, Los Angeles: Latin American Studies Center, University of California), page(s) 149, which has minta

Hungarian

Etymology

mi +? -n

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?min]

Pronoun

min

1. superessive singular of mi

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adverb

min

1. less

   Antonym: plu

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??n?/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine)

1. meal
2. powdered matter

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

min

1. inflection of mion:
   1. vocative/genitive masculine singular
   2. (archaic) dative feminine singular

Mutation

References

• "min" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Entries containing “min” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “min” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Japanese

Romanization

min

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kwanka

Noun

min

1. water

Further reading

• Roger Blench, The Kwa? Language of Central Nigeria and its affinities (2007), page 4

Latvian

Verb

min

1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of min?t
2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of min?t
3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of min?t
4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of min?t

Verb

min

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of m?t
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of m?t
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of m?t
4. 2nd person singular imperative form of m?t
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of m?t
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of m?t

Livonian

Pronoun

min

1. genitive/dative singular of min?

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German min (myn).

Alternative forms

• mien, myn, miin, mihn
• meyn, mäin (Westphalian: Sauerländisch)
• muin (Westphalian: Ravensbergisch, in Soest)
• müin, muin (Westphalian: Lippisch)
• moin (Eastphalian)
• m^äin (Eastphalian)

Pronoun

min

1. my (mine)
   • 1772, De Platt-Dütsche; een Geschrywe, dat dee Hooch-Dütschen eene Wochenschrift heeten, p. 319:

     Iß't (dacht he) mynes Vaaders Ernst: so kann ick, up de lezt, doch noch doohn, wat ick will. Iß't syn Spaas: so süht he doch, datt ick em gehorsaam bin.

Declension

See also

• ik/ick
• din, sin

Maia

Noun

min

1. comb

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ???? (man), dialectal Arabic ????? (m?n)

Pronoun

min

1. who (interrogative)

Derived terms

• ta' min

Mandarin

Romanization

min (Zhuyin ????)

1. Pinyin transcription of ?

min

1. Nonstandard spelling of mín.
2. Nonstandard spelling of m?n.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese ? (min)

Noun

min

1. noodle

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch min, from Proto-Germanic *minniz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n/

Pronoun

min

1. less

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Adverb

min

1. less, to a smaller degree

   Antonym: mêe

Alternative forms

• minre, minder

Further reading

• “min (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “min (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “min (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mine, minne, myn, myne, mynne, mein, meyne

Etymology

From Old English m?n (“my, mine”), from Proto-Germanic *m?naz (“my, mine”, pron.) (genitive of *ek (“I”)), from Proto-Indo-European *méynos (“my; mine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Determiner

min (nominative I)

1. First-person singular genitive determiner: my

Usage notes

min is usually used before a vowel and h-, while mi is usually used before a consonant other than h-, much as with Modern English an/a.

Descendants

• English: mine (determiner)
• Scots: mine (determiner)

Pronoun

min (nominative I)

1. First-person singular genitive pronoun: mine

Descendants

• English: mine (pronoun)
• Scots: mine (pronoun)

See also

References

• “min, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 6 May 2018.

Middle High German

Etymology

From Old High German m?n, from Proto-West Germanic *m?n, from Proto-Germanic *m?naz.

Determiner

mîn

1. my, mine

Descendants

• Alemannic German: miin, myn
• Bavarian: mia

  Cimbrian: main, moi

• Hunsrik: mein
• Luxembourgish: mäin
• German: mein
• Vilamovian: maj
• Yiddish: ????? (mayn)

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [m?n]

Pronoun

min

1. I
2. me
3. my, mine

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /?mi?n/

Pronoun

m?n

1. accusative/genitive of mii (“we”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse minn.

Pronunciation

Determiner

min m (feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

1. my, mine

See also

References

• “min” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse minn, from Proto-Germanic *m?naz. Akin to English mine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n?/ (example of pronunciation)

Determiner

min (masculine min, feminine mi, neuter mitt, plural mine)

1. my, mine

See also

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?n/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

min

1. imperative of mina

References

• “min” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *m?naz.

Determiner

m?n

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: mijn
  • Dutch: mijn
  • Limburgish: mien

Further reading

• “m?n”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *m?naz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos, from *mei (locative form of *me- (“me”)) + *-no- (“adjectival suffix”). Cognate with Old Frisian m?n, Old Saxon m?n (Dutch mijn), Old High German m?n (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic ???????????????????? (meins).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?n/

Determiner

m?n

1. my

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: min
  • English: my, mine (pronoun)
  • Scots: mine (pronoun)

Pronoun

m?n

1. genitive of i?: mine, of me

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *minniz (“small”), from Proto-Indo-European *min- (“small”). Akin to Old High German minniro (“smaller”) (German minder), Old Norse minni (“smaller”) (Icelandic minni, minnr), Gothic ???????????????????????????? (minniza, “younger”), ???????????????? (mins, “young”), Latin minor (“smaller”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Adjective

min

1. small

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Middle English: min
  • Scots: min, myn
  • English: min

Old High German

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *m?n, from Proto-Germanic *m?naz, whence also Old English m?n, Old Norse mínn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?n/

Pronoun

m?n

1. my
2. mine

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle High German: m?n
  • Alemannic German: miin, myn
  • Bavarian: mia

    Cimbrian: main, moi

  • Hunsrik: mein
  • Luxembourgish: mäin
  • German: mein
  • Vilamovian: maj
  • Yiddish: ????? (mayn)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Adverb

min

1. less

References

1. Braune, Wilhelm. Althochdeutsches Lesebuch, zusammengestellt und mit Glossar versehen

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *m?naz.

Determiner

m?n

1. my
2. mine

Declension

Descendants

• Middle Low German: m?n
  • German Low German: mien

See also

Picard

Pronoun

min m

1. my

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?in/

Noun

min

1. genitive plural of mina

Portuguese

Noun

min

1. Abbreviation of minuto.
   1. Used to indicate time in relation to an hour on a 24-hour clock.

   2. Used to indicate any sequence of time in minutes.

Usage notes

• This abbreviation uses no spaces or points and must always follow a number (in its most common usage, a number between 00 and 59 to indicate the minutes of an hour).
• This abbreviation is often preceded by a number followed by h, used to represent hours.
• The abbreviation can be followed by another abbreviation, s, to represent seconds.
  • Example: 20h43min08s

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian m?n, from Proto-West Germanic *m?n. Cognates include West Frisian myn and German mein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?n/

Determiner

min (feminine mien, neuter mien, plural mien, predicative minnen)

1. my, mine

See also

References

• “min” in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish men, min (“flour, meal; fine powder, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mjin/

Noun

min f (genitive singular mine, plural minean)

1. flour

   Synonym: flùr

Usage notes

• Usually used in compounds.

Derived terms

• min-choirce

Mutation

References

• “min” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “men, min”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From Cantonese ? (min)

Noun

min

1. noodle

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Etymology 1

From minut.

Noun

min

1. min; minute

Etymology 2

From minimum.

Noun

min

1. min; minimum

Etymology 3

From Old Norse mínn, from Proto-Germanic *m?naz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos.

Pronoun

min c (neuter mitt, plural mina)

1. my
2. mine

Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from German Miene.

Noun

min c

1. facial expression

Declension

Anagrams

• nim

Tatar

Noun

min

1. defect, sin

Unami

Etymology

From Proto-Algonquian *mi·na (“berry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /min/

Noun

min inan (plural mina)

1. berry, huckleberry, currant; seed

Derived terms

• minhe
• minuu

References

• Rementer, Jim; Pearson, Bruce L. (2005) , “min”, in Leneaux, Grant; Whritenour, Raymond, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [min??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [min??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [m?n??]

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronoun

min • (?, ?)

1. (archaic, literary) I; me

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier con) min

1. (dialectal) gaur

Welsh

Noun

min m (plural minion)

1. point, sharp edge

   Synonyms: ymyl, awch

2. edge, border, brim

   Synonyms: ymyl, ochr, byl

3. lip

   Synonym: gwefus

Derived terms

• minio (“to sharpen, to whet”)
• miniog (“sharp, keen”)
• minlliw (“lipstick”)

Mutation