# minimum
## English
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin minimum, neuter form of minimus (“least, smallest”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɪnɪməm/
* (General American) IPA: /ˈmɪnəməm/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* Hyphenation: min‧i‧mum

### Noun

minimum (plural minima or minimums)
* The lowest limit.
    We prefer candidates with a minimum of 4 years experience in the field.
    We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all times.
* The smallest amount.
    He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.
    Please keep noise to a minimum after 11 o'clock
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* (astronomy) A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).
    The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth.
* (mathematical analysis) A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.
* (statistics) The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

#### Usage notes

* Minima is more common plural for the technical senses.

#### Antonyms

* maximum

#### Hypernyms

* (statistics): measure of location
* extremum

#### Hyponyms

* bare minimum
* Dalton Minimum
* global minimum
* local minimum
* Maunder minimum
* moral minimum
* solar minimum
* Spörer Minimum

#### Derived terms

* alternative minimum tax
* at a minimum
* at minimum
* at the minimum
* bare minimum Monday
* minimum connecting time
* minimum contacts
* minimum cut
* minimum descent altitude
* minimum inhibitory concentration
* minimum minimorum
* minimum naturale
* minimum sector altitude
* minimum security
* minimum-security
* minimum seek time
* minimum skills
* minimum spanning tree
* minimum viable product

#### Related terms

* minimal
* minimize, minimise

#### Translations
### Adjective

minimum (not comparable)
* To the lowest degree.
    Synonym: minimal

#### Derived terms

* minimum wage

#### Translations
## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmɪnɪmum]

### Noun

minimum n
* minimum
    Antonym: maximum

#### Related terms

* See minus
* minimalismus
* minimalista
* minimalizace
* minimalizovat
* minimální

### Further reading

* “minimum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “minimum”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “minimum”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## Danish
### Noun

minimum n (singular definite minimummet, plural indefinite minimummer)
* minimum

#### Antonyms

* maksimum

### Further reading

* “minimum” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minimum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.niˌmʏm/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum

### Noun

minimum n (plural minima)
* minimum

#### Derived terms

* bestaansminimum
* minimumleeftijd
* minimumloon

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mi.ni.mɔm/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔm
* Homophone: minimums

### Noun

minimum m (plural minima)
* minimum

#### Usage notes

* The 1990 spelling reform recommends that the plural of minimum should be minimums.

#### Derived terms

* au minimum
* minimum syndical
* salaire minimum
* strict minimum

#### Descendants

* Persian: مینیمم (minimom)

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Adjective

minimum
* accusative masculine singular of minimus
* nominative neuter singular of minimus
* accusative neuter singular of minimus
* vocative neuter singular of minimus

### References

* “minimum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* minimum in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Latin minimum.

### Noun

minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minima or minimumer, definite plural minimaene or minimuma or minimumene)
* minimum

#### Antonyms

* maksimum

#### Derived terms

* minimumskrav

### References

* “minimum” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Latin minimum.

### Noun

minimum n (definite singular minimumet, indefinite plural minimum, definite plural minimuma)
* minimum

#### Antonyms

* maksimum

#### Derived terms

* minimumskrav

### References

* “minimum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin minimum.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmi.ɲi.mum/, (colloquial) /miˈɲi.mum/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɲimum, -imum
* Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mum

### Adverb

minimum (not comparable)
* at least
    Synonym: co najmniej

### Noun

minimum n
* minimum
    Antonym: maksimum

#### Declension
### Further reading

* minimum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* minimum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minimum.

### Noun

minimum n (uncountable)
* minimum (lowest limit)
* minimum, modicum (small quantity)

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /mǐnimum/
* Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mum

### Noun

mìnimum m (Cyrillic spelling мѝнимум)
* minimum

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Noun

minimum n
* minimum

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | minimum | minimums |
| singular | definite | minimumet | minimumets |
| plural | indefinite | minimum | minimums |
| plural | definite | minimumen | minimumens |