minimal
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: derivation
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English minimum
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
▲
Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
▲
Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English minimal
From minimum + -al.
Inflected forms:
form: more minimal
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most minimal
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: min.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: minimals
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: min.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
pos: adj
examples: With minimal effort, you won't be able to achieve all your dreams.
gloss: The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
pos: adj
examples: 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.
gloss: Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
pos: adj
gloss: Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.
pos: adj
gloss: Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
pos: noun
examples: […] 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.
[…] identifications with birds, fish, trees, and flowers (and occasionally as relief, with the stillness of rocks, clam shells, driftwood, and nature's minimals); […]
Derived words: minimal brain dysfunction
minimal change disease
minimal ideal
minimalisation
minimalism
minimalist
minimality
minimalization
minimalize
minimally
minimal medium
minimalness
minimal pair
minimal polynomial
minimal prime
minimal recursion semantics
minimal state
minimal surface
minimal viable product
minimal wave
near-minimal pair
nonminimal
non-minimal
postminimal
quasiminimal
subminimal
ultraminimal
Translations:
lang: Armenian
word: նվազագույն
roman: nvazaguyn
lang: Armenian
word: մինիմալ
roman: minimal
lang: Asturian
word: mínimu
lang: Belarusian
word: мініма́льны
roman: minimálʹny
lang: Bulgarian
word: минимален
roman: minimalen
lang: Bulgarian
word: най-малък
roman: naj-malǎk
lang: Catalan
word: mínim
lang: Czech
word: minimální
lang: Danish
word: minimal
lang: Dutch
word: minimaal
lang: Esperanto
word: minimuma
lang: Finnish
word: minimaalinen
lang: Finnish
word: mahdollisimman pieni
lang: French
word: minimum
lang: Galician
word: mínimo
lang: German
word: minimal
lang: Hindi
word: न्यूनतम
roman: nyūntam
lang: Hungarian
word: minimális
lang: Irish
word: íosta
lang: Italian
word: minimo
lang: Italian
word: minimale
lang: Japanese
word: 最小
roman: saishō
lang: Japanese
word: 最低
roman: saitei
lang: Kazakh
word: ең аз
roman: eñ az
lang: Kazakh
word: минималды
roman: minimaldy
lang: Kazakh
word: ең төменгі
roman: eñ tömeñı
lang: Polish
word: minimalny
lang: Portuguese
word: mínimo
lang: Portuguese
word: mínima
lang: Portuguese
word: mínimos
lang: Portuguese
word: mínimas
lang: Romanian
word: minimal
lang: Russian
word: минима́льный
roman: minimálʹnyj
lang: Slovak
word: minimálna
lang: Slovak
word: minimálny
lang: Slovak
word: minimálne
lang: Spanish
word: mínimo
lang: Swedish
word: minimal
lang: Turkish
word: asgari
lang: Turkish
word: en az
lang: Turkish
word: en düşük
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: قورو
roman: kuru
lang: Ukrainian
word: мініма́льний
roman: minimálʹnyj
lang: Volapük
word: minumik
lang: Welsh
word: minimol