# minimal
## English
### Alternative forms

* min. (abbreviation)

### Etymology

From minimum +‎ -al.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈmɪn.ə.məl/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

minimal (comparative more minimal, superlative most minimal)
* The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
    Synonym: minimum
    Antonym: maximal
    With minimal effort, you won't be able to achieve all your dreams.
** (mathematics, technical) Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).
    With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the power set of the set of natural numbers has a unique minimal element: the empty set.
* (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
* (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

#### Derived terms

* minimal brain dysfunction
* minimal change disease
* minimal ideal
* minimally
* minimal medium
* minimal pair
* minimal polynomial
* minimal prime
* minimal recursion semantics
* minimal state
* minimal surface
* minimal viable product
* minimal wave
* near-minimal pair
* non-minimal

#### Translations
### Noun

minimal (plural minimals)
* Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
** 1994, David Holbrook, Creativity and Popular Culture, page 37:[…] we seek in explaining mental phenomena and behavior always the "minimals," the little fragments of association, on which the mind is (passively) supposed to be based.
** 1987, J. Golden Taylor, Western Literature Association (U.S.), A Literary History of the American West (page 451)
    […] identifications with birds, fish, trees, and flowers (and occasionally as relief, with the stillness of rocks, clam shells, driftwood, and nature's minimals); […]

### References

* minimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## Crimean Tatar
### Etymology

From Latin minimus (“smallest”).

### Adjective

minimal
* minimal
    Synonym: asğariy

### References

* Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎, Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
* “minimal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi.ni.mal/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

minimal (feminine minimale, masculine plural minimaux, feminine plural minimales)
* minimal

#### Derived terms

* paire minimale

### Further reading

* “minimal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miniˈmaːl/
* Rhymes: -aːl
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

minimal (strong nominative masculine singular minimaler, not comparable)
* minimal
    Antonym: maximal

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “minimal” in Duden online
* “minimal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Interlingua
### Adjective

minimal (not comparable)
* minimal

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English minimal. First attested in 1996.

### Adjective

minimal
* minimal, minimalistic
    Synonyms: semplice, sobrio, essenziale

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin minimus.

### Adjective

minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)
* minimal, minimum

#### Antonyms

* maksimal

### References

* “minimal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin minimus.

### Adjective

minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)
* minimal, minimum

#### Antonyms

* maksimal

### References

* “minimal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /mi.niˈmaw/ [mi.niˈmaʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mi.niˈmal/ [mi.niˈmaɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /mi.niˈmal/ [mi.niˈmaɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mi.niˈma.li/
* Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
* Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mal

### Adjective

minimal m or f (plural minimais)
* minimal, minimum
    Synonym: mínimo
* (not comparable, relational) of, or pertaining to, the minimum
* (art) minimal (characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
    Synonym: minimalista

#### Derived terms

* minimalmente

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French minimal. Equivalent to minim +‎ -al.

### Adjective

minimal m or n (feminine singular minimală, masculine plural minimali, feminine and neuter plural minimale)
* minimal
    Synonym: minim

#### Related terms

* minimaliza

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /miniˈmal/ [mi.niˈmal]
* Rhymes: -al
* Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mal

### Adjective

minimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural minimales)
* minimalistic

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

minimal (comparative minimalare, superlative minimalast)
* minimal; the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree; as small as possible
    Antonym: maximal
    Kunde du inte hitta någon minimalare kjol??Sheesh, were you unable to find any smaller skirt than that??

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

### References

* minimal in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* minimal in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* minimal in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)