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Webster 1913 Edition


Minum

Min′um

,
Noun.
[See 2d
Minion
,
Minum
, 6.]
[Obs.]
1.
A small kind of printing type; minion.
2.
(Mus.)
A minim.

Webster 1828 Edition


Minum

MIN'UM

, n.
1.
A small kind of printing types; now written minion.
2.
A note of slow time containing two crotchets; now written minim, which see.

Definition 2024


minum

minum

See also: mínum and -minum

English

Noun

minum (plural minums)

  1. (printing, obsolete) A small kind of printing type; minion.
  2. (music, obsolete) A minim.


Indonesian

Etymology

Common Malayo-Polynesian *inumia, compare Hawaiian inu, Tagalog inom

Verb

minum

  1. to drink

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *inum (compare Indonesian minum), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *inum (compare Cebuano inum, Hawaiian inu, Tagalog inom).

Pronunciation

Verb

minum (used in the form meminum)

  1. to drink (consume liquid through the mouth)

Related terms


Old English

Pronoun

mīnum

  1. masculine dative singular of mīn
  2. neuter dative singular of mīn
  3. masculine dative plural of mīn
  4. feminine dative plural of mīn
  5. neuter dative plural of mīn