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Webster 1913 Edition

Minim

Min′im

,
Noun.
[F.
minime
, L.
minimus
the least, smallest, a superl. of
minor
: cf. It.
minima
a note in music. See
Minor
, and cf.
Minimum
.]
1.
Anything very minute;
as, the
minims
of existence
; – applied to animalcula; and the like.
3.
(Zool.)
A small fish; a minnow.
[Prov. Eng.]
4.
A little man or being; a dwarf.
[Obs.]
Milton.
5.
(Eccl. Hist.)
One of an austere order of mendicant hermits or friars founded in the 15th century by
St. Francis of Paola
.
6.
(Mus.)
A time note, formerly the shortest in use; a half note, equal to half a semibreve, or two quarter notes or crotchets.
7.
A short poetical encomium.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Min′im

,
Adj.
Minute.
“Minim forms.”
J. R. Drake.

Webster 1828 Edition

Minim

MIN'IM

, n.
1.
A little man or being; a dwarf.
2.
One of a certain reformed order of Franciscans or Minimi.
3.
A note in music, equal to half a semi-breve or two crotchets.
4.
A short poetical encomium.
5.
A small fish.

Definition 2024

Minim

Minim

See also: minim and mínim

English

Noun

Minim ‎(plural Minims or Minimi)

  1. A member of a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Saint Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy.

minim

minim

See also: Minim and mínim

English

Musical notation for a minim note.

Noun

minim ‎(plural minims)

  1. (music) A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
  2. A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, 1/60 fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
      He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders.
  3. A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
  4. Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
    the minims of existence
  5. (zoology) The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
  6. A little man or being; a dwarf.
    • John Milton, Paradise Lost
      These as a line thir[sic] long dimension drew,
      Streaking the ground with sinuous trace;
      not all Minims of Nature; some of Serpent kinde
      Wondrous in length and corpulence […]
  7. A small fish; a minnow.
  8. A short poetical encomium.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

Translations

See also

German

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin minimus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miˈniːm/
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nim

Adjective

minim ‎(comparative minimer, superlative am minimsten)

  1. (dated outside Switzerland) minimal

Declension

Comparative forms of minim
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist minimer sie ist minimer es ist minimer sie sind minimer
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative minimerer minimere minimeres minimere
genitive minimeren minimerer minimeren minimerer
dative minimerem minimerer minimerem minimeren
accusative minimeren minimere minimeres minimere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der minimere die minimere das minimere die minimeren
genitive des minimeren der minimeren des minimeren der minimeren
dative dem minimeren der minimeren dem minimeren den minimeren
accusative den minimeren die minimere das minimere die minimeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein minimerer eine minimere ein minimeres (keine) minimeren
genitive eines minimeren einer minimeren eines minimeren (keiner) minimeren
dative einem minimeren einer minimeren einem minimeren (keinen) minimeren
accusative einen minimeren eine minimere ein minimeres (keine) minimeren

Synonyms

Ido

Adverb

minim

  1. least

Antonyms

Ladin

Adjective

minim m (feminine singular minima, masculine plural minims, feminine plural minimes)

  1. least
  2. minimum

Novial

Adverb

minim

  1. least
    Lo es li minim brav ek li fratros.‎
    He is the least brave of the brothers.

Antonyms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɪ.nɪm/

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