minerval

See also: Minerval

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Minervālis, from Minerva.

Noun

minerval (plural minervals)

1. (archaic) A gift given in gratitude by a student to a teacher; financial compensation paid to a teacher for their services.
   • 1603, Plutarch, “The Contradictions of Stociek philoſophers”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 1068:

     Thoſe teachers that be of the wiſer ſort, cal for their ſchoolage and minervals of their ſcholars, not all after one maner, but diverſly: a number of them, according as the preſent occaſion requireth, who promiſe not to make them wiſe men, and that within a yeere; […]

Further reading

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “minerval, n.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.

French

Etymology

From Minerve +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nɛʁ.val/

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Noun

minerval m (plural minervaux)

1. (Belgium) tuition, tuition fees

   Synonyms: frais d’inscription, frais de scolarité

Further reading

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