# menor
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [məˈnor]
* IPA: (Balearic) [məˈno]
* IPA: (Valencia) [meˈnoɾ]

### Adjective

menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menors)
* lower, low
* minor, small
* (music) minor

### Noun

menor m or f by sense (plural menors)
* minor (person who is below the age of majority)
    Synonym: menor d'etat

### Further reading

* “menor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “menor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “menor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Cebuano
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish menor.

### Verb

menor
* (of driving) to slow down.
    Synonym: pahinay
* (of driving) to shift to a lower gear.

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈnoɾ/ [mẽˈnoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Hyphenation: me‧nor

### Adjective

menor m or f (plural menores)
* minor, lesser
    Antonym: maior
* (music) minor
    Antonym: maior

## Old French
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

### Adjective

menor (oblique singular, nominative singular meindre)
* smaller
* smallest
* very small

#### Derived terms

* Bretaigne la Menur

#### Descendants

* → English: minor
* French: mineur, moindre (from the nominative singular)

### References

* Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX$^e$ au XV$^e$ siècle (1881) (menor)
* menur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /meˈnɔʁ/ [meˈnɔh]
* (Brazil) IPA: /meˈnɔʁ/ [meˈnɔh]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /meˈnɔɾ/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /meˈnɔʁ/ [meˈnɔχ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /meˈnɔɻ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨˈnɔɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /mɨˈnɔɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /mɨˈnɔ.ɾi/
* Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
* Hyphenation: me‧nor

### Adjective

menor m or f (plural menores)
* (followed by que) comparative degree of pequeno; smaller
    Antonym: maior
    Laranjas são menores que melancias.Oranges are smaller than watermelons.
* (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of pequeno; smallest
    Antonym: maior
    O Sergipe é o menor estado do Brasil.Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil.
* minor, lesser
    Antonym: maior
    um inimigo menora lesser enemy
* (law, of a person) underage, minor (below legal adulthood)
    Synonym: (proscribed) de menor

### Noun

menor m or f by sense (plural menores)
* (law) minor, underage (person below the legal age of responsibility or accountability)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /meˈnoɾ/ [meˈnoɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: me‧nor

### Adjective

menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menores)
* comparative degree of pequeño: smaller
    Antonym: mayor
* comparative degree of joven: younger
    Antonym: mayor
* minor
** 2016, Anuel AA, No Soy Romántico:Aquí no hay menores; todos somos adultos.There are no minors here; we're all adults.
* (el menor) superlative degree of pequeño: smallest
* (el menor) superlative degree of joven: youngest

#### Derived terms

* aguas menores
* arce menor
* caza menor
* centáurea menor
* chinchilla menor
* de menor cuantía
* en cuarto menor
* en folio menor
* en octavo menor
* en paños menores
* en ropas menores
* escaña menor
* hurón menor
* inmortal menor
* lampazo menor
* mal menor
* menor de edad
* menormente
* Osa Menor
* pico menor
* pormenor
* saúco menor
* venta al por menor

#### Related terms

* menos
* minoría

### Noun

menor m or f by sense (plural menores)
* minor; child

#### Derived terms

* abuso de menores
* correccional de menores
* corrupción de menores
* tráfico de menores
* tribunal de menores
* Tribunal Tutelar de Menores

### Further reading

* “menor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish menor, from Latin minōrem.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /meˈnoɾ/ [mɛˈn̪oɾ]
* Rhymes: -oɾ
* Syllabification: me‧nor

### Adjective

menór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
* of minor importance
* young; not yet of age
* (music) minor

### Noun

menór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
* child of minor age
* (music) minor key
    Synonym: modo menor
* medium-rate acceleration (while driving a vehicle)
* (figurative) slowing down

#### Derived terms

* magmenor

#### Related terms

* menor de-edad
* minorya
* modo menor

### Further reading

* “menor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
* “menor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* mer-on, meron