minim
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minim¹
- /ˈmɪ.nɪm/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French minime.
noun minims · minom · minum
- A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water. He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders.
- A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
- Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like. the minims of existence
- The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- A little man or being; a dwarf. These as a line thir^([sic]) long dimension drew, Streaking the ground with sinuous trace; not all Minims of Nature; some of Serpent kinde Wondrous in length and corpulence […]
- A small fish; a minnow.
- A short poetical encomium. To make one minim of thy poor handmaid
Minim²
Where it comes from
See minimum (“least”); so called to humble them even below the Franciscans, or "friars minor".
noun Minims · Minimi
- A member of a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Saint Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy.
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noun half note
| Español | blanca |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이분음표 ibuneumpyo |
| 日本語 | 二分音符 nibun onpu |
| 中文 | 二分音符 èrfēn yīnfú |
| हिन्दी | अर्धमात्रिक ardhamātrik |
| Português | mínima |
| Français | blanche |
| Deutsch | halbe Note |
| Ελληνικά | μισό misó |
| Русский | полови́нная но́та polovínnaja nóta |
| Tiếng Việt | nốt trắng |
| العربية | بَيْضَاء bayḍāʔ |
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title = {minim},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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