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respective
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin respectivus, from Latin respectus. Equivalent to respect +? -ive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???sp?kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
- Hyphenation: re?spec?tive
Adjective
respective (not comparable)
- Relating to particular persons or things, each to each; particular; own.
- They returned to their respective places of abode.
- (obsolete) Noticing with attention; careful; wary.
- c. 1559-1570, Edwin Sandys, letter to Bernard Gilpin
- But if you looke upon the estate of the church of England with a respective eye , you cannot with a good conscience refuse this charge imposed upon you
- c. 1559-1570, Edwin Sandys, letter to Bernard Gilpin
- (obsolete) Looking toward; having reference to; relative, not absolute.
- the respective connections of society
- (obsolete) Fitted to awaken respect.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV. iv. 192:
- What should it be that he respects in her / But I can make respective in myself,
- 1599, William Shakespeare, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, IV. iv. 192:
- (obsolete) Rendering respect; respectful; regardful.
- a. 1598, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, instructions to his son Robert Cecil, when young
- With thy equals familiar, yet respective.
- a. 1598, William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley, instructions to his son Robert Cecil, when young
Synonyms
- (relating to particular persons or things): corresponding, relevant, specific
Derived terms
- respectively
- respectiveness
- irrespective
Translations
Anagrams
- perceivest
French
Adjective
respective
- feminine singular of respectif
German
Adverb
respective
- Obsolete spelling of respektive
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minute
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin min?ta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?n'?t, IPA(key): /?m?n?t/
- Rhymes: -?n?t
Noun
minute (plural minutes)
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- Synonyms: instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- Synonym: minute of arc
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- 2008, Pink Dandelion: The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction, p 52:
- The Clerk or 'recording Clerk' drafts a minute and then, or at a later time, reads it to the Meeting. Subsequent contributions are on the wording of the minute only, until it can be accepted by the Meeting. Once the minute is accepted, the Meeting moves on to the next item on the agenda.
- 2008, Pink Dandelion: The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction, p 52:
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time
- Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!
- 2010, Kenneth Ring, Letters from Palestine, page 18:
- “Man, I haven’t seen you in a minute,” he says, smiling still. “Maybe like two, three years ago?”
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: minit
Borrowings
Translations
Verb
minute (third-person singular simple present minutes, present participle minuting, simple past and past participle minuted)
- (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
- To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin min?tus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minu? (“make smaller”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: m?nyo?ot', IPA(key): /ma??nju?t/
- (US) enPR: m?n(y)o?ot', m?n(y)o?ot', IPA(key): /ma??n(j)ut/, /m??n(j)ut/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Adjective
minute (comparative minuter, superlative minutest)
- Very small.
- Synonyms: infinitesimal, insignificant, minuscule, tiny, trace
- Antonyms: big, enormous, colossal, huge, significant, tremendous, vast
- Very careful and exact, giving small details.
- Synonyms: exact, exacting, excruciating, precise, scrupulous
Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:tiny and Thesaurus:meticulous.
Translations
Anagrams
- minuet, munite, mutein, mutine, untime
Afrikaans
Noun
minute
- plural of minuut
Esperanto
Etymology
From minuto +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?nute/
- Hyphenation: mi?nu?te
- Rhymes: -ute
Adverb
minute
- Lasting for a very short period; briefly, momentarily
French
Etymology
From Old French minute, borrowed from Latin min?ta. Compare menu, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.nyt/
Noun
minute f (plural minutes)
- minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses)
Derived terms
- minute de silence
- minute papillon
Descendants
- ? Farefare: miniti
- Haitian Creole: minit
- ? Romanian: minut
Interjection
minute
- wait a sec!
Verb
minute
- first-person singular present indicative of minuter
- third-person singular present indicative of minuter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
- second-person singular imperative of minuter
Further reading
- “minute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
minute
- feminine plural of minuto
Anagrams
- emunti, munite
Latin
Participle
min?te
- vocative masculine singular of min?tus
References
- minute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- minute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- minute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Noun
minute
- Alternative form of mynute
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin min?ta.
Noun
minute f (oblique plural minutes, nominative singular minute, nominative plural minutes)
- minute (one sixtieth of an hour)
Coordinate terms
- segont
- eure
- jor
- semaine
- an
Descendants
- Middle French: minute
- French: minute
- ? Farefare: miniti
- Haitian Creole: minit
- ? Romanian: minut
- ? Dutch: minuut
- Afrikaans: minuut
- French: minute
- Norman: minnute
- Walloon: munute
- ? Central Franconian: Menutt, Minutt
- ? German: Minute, Minut f, [Term?] n
- ? Czech: minuta
- ? Lower Sorbian: minuta
- ? Luxembourgish: Minutt
- ? Middle English: mynute, minute, mynut, mynet, minut
- English: minute
- Tok Pisin: minit
- Scots: meenit
- English: minute
Portuguese
Verb
minute
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of minutar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of minutar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of minutar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of minutar
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