mineur
See also: Mineur
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Middle French mineur.
Noun edit
mineur m (plural mineurs)
- sapper, one who undermines enemy lines and fortifications
- military engineer
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mineur m or n (plural mineurs)
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
mineur (not comparable)
Inflection edit
Inflection of mineur | ||||
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uninflected | mineur | |||
inflected | mineure | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | mineur | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | mineure | ||
n. sing. | mineur | |||
plural | mineure | |||
definite | mineure | |||
partitive | mineurs |
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Latin minor. Compare the inherited doublet moindre.
Adjective edit
mineur (feminine mineure, masculine plural mineurs, feminine plural mineures)
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineure)
- minor (as defined by the age of majority)
- Antonym: majeur
Descendants edit
- → Dutch: mineur
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineuse)
Descendants edit
- → German: Mineur
Further reading edit
- “mineur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Piedmontese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowing from French mineur. The inherited form is mënào
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mineur m