mineur

See also: Mineur

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnøːr/
• Hyphenation: mi‧neur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle French mineur.

Noun

mineur m (plural mineurs)

1. sapper, one who undermines enemy lines and fortifications
2. military engineer

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French mineur.

Noun

mineur m or n (plural mineurs)

1. (music) minor scale

Derived terms

• in mineur
• mineurstemming
• mineurtoonsoort

Adjective

mineur (not comparable)

1. minor (mostly limited to technical jargon)
2. down, depressed, sad

Inflection

Declension of mineur
uninflected	mineur
inflected	mineure
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		mineur
indefinite	m./f. sing.	mineure
	n. sing.	mineur
	plural	mineure
definite		mineure
partitive		mineurs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin minor. Compare the inherited doublet moindre.

Adjective

mineur (feminine mineure, masculine plural mineurs, feminine plural mineures)

1. minor

   Antonym: majeur

2. underage, minor, juvenile

   Antonym: majeur

3. (music) minor

Derived terms

• Asie Mineure

 

Noun

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineure)

1. minor (as defined by the age of majority)

   Antonym: majeur

Descendants

• → Dutch: mineur

Etymology 2

From miner +‎ -eur.

Noun

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineuse)

1. miner

Descendants

• → German: Mineur

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rumine, ruminé

Piedmontese

Etymology

Borrowing from French mineur. The inherited form is mënào

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈnør/

Noun

mineur m

1. miner