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"minor (small, unimportant)" in seven languages

Meaningminor (small, unimportant)

Spanish

menor

/meˈnoɾ/

inherited

Also 'younger': mi hermano menor.

French

mineur

/minœʁ/

learned

Italian

minore

/miˈnore/

learned

Portuguese

menor

/meˈnɔh/

inherited

Romanian

minor

/miˈnor/

learned

Catalan

menor

/məˈno/

inherited

English

minor

/ˈmaɪnɚ/

from Latin/French · Latin minor

English → Italianminor (small, unimportant)minoreCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

MINŌREM‘smaller, lesser’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Spanish menor is the inherited form, with Latin short i turned to e; French mineur and Italian minore were taken back from written Latin. All three also use it for someone under age.

English relatives: minority, minus, minimum

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In a sentence

  • esEs solo un problema menor.
  • frCe n'est qu'un problème mineur.
  • itÈ solo un problema minore.
  • ptÉ só um problema menor.
  • roE doar o problemă minoră.
  • caNomés és un problema menor.
  • enIt's only a minor problem.

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