minimal
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmɪn.ə.məl/
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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.
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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); […]
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Etymology edit
From Latin minimus (“smallest”).
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minimal
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minimal (feminine minimale, masculine plural minimaux, feminine plural minimales)
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Further reading edit
- “minimal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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minimal (strong nominative masculine singular minimaler, not comparable)
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number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist minimal | sie ist minimal | es ist minimal | sie sind minimal | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | minimaler | minimale | minimales | minimale |
genitive | minimalen | minimaler | minimalen | minimaler | |
dative | minimalem | minimaler | minimalem | minimalen | |
accusative | minimalen | minimale | minimales | minimale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der minimale | die minimale | das minimale | die minimalen |
genitive | des minimalen | der minimalen | des minimalen | der minimalen | |
dative | dem minimalen | der minimalen | dem minimalen | den minimalen | |
accusative | den minimalen | die minimale | das minimale | die minimalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein minimaler | eine minimale | ein minimales | (keine) minimalen |
genitive | eines minimalen | einer minimalen | eines minimalen | (keiner) minimalen | |
dative | einem minimalen | einer minimalen | einem minimalen | (keinen) minimalen | |
accusative | einen minimalen | eine minimale | ein minimales | (keine) minimalen |
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minimal (not comparable)
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from English minimal. First attested in 1996.
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minimal
- minimal, minimalistic
- Synonyms: semplice, sobrio, essenziale
Norwegian Bokmål edit
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minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)
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- “minimal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)
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- “minimal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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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
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from French minimal. Equivalent to minim + -al.
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minimal m or n (feminine singular minimală, masculine plural minimali, feminine and neuter plural minimale)
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singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | minimal | minimală | minimali | minimale | ||
definite | minimalul | minimala | minimalii | minimalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | minimal | minimale | minimali | minimale | ||
definite | minimalului | minimalei | minimalilor | minimalelor |
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minimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural minimales)
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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??
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Inflection of minimal | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | minimal | minimalare | minimalast |
Neuter singular | minimalt | minimalare | minimalast |
Plural | minimala | minimalare | minimalast |
Masculine plural3 | minimale | minimalare | minimalast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | minimale | minimalare | minimalaste |
All | minimala | minimalare | minimalaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |