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Complete Definition of "minute"

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English

Pronunciation 1
AHD|mÄ­n'Ä­t
IPA|/ˈmɪnɪt/
SAMPA|/"mInIt/
audio|en-us-minute-noun.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪnɪt|-ɪnɪt

Etymology 1
From OF. minut (French: #French|minute), from ML. minuta.

Noun
en-noun

  1. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds and one-sixtieth of an hour.

#:You have twenty minutes to complete the test.

  1. A short but unspecified time period.

#:Wait a minute, I’m not ready yet!

  1. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

#:We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute of arc.

  1. (in plural minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting.

#:Let’s look at the minutes of last week’s meeting.

  1. A minute of use of a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network.

#:If you buy this phone, you’ll get 100 free minutes.

Related terms
arcminute

Translations
trans-top|unit of time
Albanian: t-|sq|minutë|f|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|دقيقة (daqīqa) f
Bosnian: t-|bs|minuta|f, t-|bs|minut|m
Bulgarian: t+|bg|минута|f|trminúta|scCyrl
Chinese: 分é˜, 分钟 (fÄ“n zhÅng)
Croatian: t+|hr|minuta|f, t-|hr|minut|m
Czech: t+|cs|minuta|f,
Dutch: t+|nl|minuut,
Esperanto: t-|eo|minuto|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|minuutti,
French: t+|fr|minute|f
German: t+|de|Minute|f,
Greek: t-|el|λεπτό|n|trleptó|scGrek
Hebrew: דקה (daka) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|perc,
Icelandic: t+|is|mínúta|f
Indonesian: t-|id|menit|xs=Indonesian,
Italian: t+|it|minuto|m
Japanese: 分 (ãµã‚“ fun, ã·ã‚“ pun)
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Korean: ë¶„ (bun)
Latvian: t|lv|minūte|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t-|lt|minutÄ—|f|xs=Lithuanian
Malay: t-|ms|minit|xs=Malay,
Maltese: t-|mt|minuta|f|xs=Maltese,
Norwegian: t+|no|minutt|n,
Ojibwe: diba'igaans
Polish: t+|pl|minuta|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|minuto|m
Russian: t+|ru|минута|f|trminúta|scCyrl
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: минута#Serbian|минута f, минут#Serbian|минут m
:Roman: minuta#Serbian|minuta f, minut#Serbian|minut m, Äasak m
Slovene: t+|sl|minuta|f,
Spanish: t+|es|minuto|m
Swedish: t+|sv|minut|c,
Turkish: t+|tr|dakika,
Ukrainian: хвилина (khvylyna) f
Welsh: t-|cy|munud|xs=Welsh,
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trans-top|short but unspecified period of time
Dutch: t-|nl|minuutje|n, t-|nl|secondje|n,
Finnish: t+|fi|hetki, t-|fi|hetkinen,
French: t+|fr|minute|f, t+|fr|moment|m, t+|fr|instant|m
German: t-|de|Moment|m,
Greek: t+|el|στιγμή|f|trstigmí|scGrek
Hebrew: רגע (rega) m, זמן קצר
Icelandic: t-|is|augablik|n, t+|is|mínúta|f
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Italian: t+|it|attimo|m, t+|it|momento|m,
Lithuanian: t-|lt|minutÄ—|f|xsLithuanian, t|lt|akimirka|f|xsLithuanian
Maltese: t-|mt|minuta|xs=Maltese,
Malay: t|ms|sekejap|xs=Malay,
Norwegian: t-|no|øyeblikk|n
Polish: t+|pl|minuta|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|instante|m, t+|pt|minuto|m, t+|pt|momento|m
Russian: t+|ru|минута|f|trminúta|scCyrl
Spanish: t+|es|minuto|m, t-|es|momento|m,
Swedish: t+|sv|ögonblick|n
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trans-top|unit of angular measure
Czech: t+|cs|minuta|f,
Dutch: t+|nl|minuut,
Esperanto: t-|eo|minuto|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|minuutti,
French: t+|fr|minute|f
German: t+|de|Minute|f,
Greek: μοίÏα (míra) f
Hebrew: t-|he|דקת קשת|sc=Hebr
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Latvian: t|lv|minūte|f|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t-|lt|minutÄ—|f|xs=Lithuanian
Norwegian: t+|no|minutt|n,
Polish: t+|pl|minuta|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|minuto|m
Russian: t+|ru|минута|f|trminúta|scCyrl
Slovene: t+|sl|minuta|f,
Spanish: t+|es|minuto|m,
Swedish: t+|sv|minut|c, t+|sv|bågminut|c
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trans-top|record of meeting
Czech: t-|cs|zápis|m
Dutch: notulen (p)
Finnish: t-|fi|pöytäkirja
French: t-|fr|procès-verbal|m
Greek: t-|el|Ï€Ïωτόκολλο|n|trprotókolo|scGrek, t-|el|καταγÏαφή|f|trkatagrafí|scGrek
Hebrew: פרוטוקול (protokol)
Japanese: 議事録 (ãŽã˜ã‚ã)
trans-mid
Malay: t|ms|catatan|xs=Malay,
Maltese: t-|mt|minuta|xs=Maltese,
Norwegian: t-|no|protokoll|m,
Polish: t-|pl|protokół|m, t-|pl|notatka|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|ata|f
Russian: t-|ru|протокол|m|trprotokól|scCyrl
Swedish: t-|sv|protokoll|n,
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trans-top|minute of use of telephone network
Czech: t+|cs|minuta|f,
Greek: t-|el|μονάδα|f|trmonáda|scGrek
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Malay: t-|ms|minit|xs=Malay,
Polish: t+|pl|minuta|f
Russian: t+|ru|минута|f|trminúta|scCyrl
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Breton|Breton: munut m, munutoù (1)
ttbc|Catalan|Catalan: minut m :ca:minut|^ (1)
ttbc|Ido|Ido: minuto
ttbc|Interlingua|Interlingua: minuta (1, 4)
ttbc|Kurdish|Kurdish: deqe, deqîqe (1-3)
ttbc|Romanian: minut n (1)
ttbc|Spanish: minuta#Spanish|minuta (4)
ttbc|Yiddish: מינוט (minút) (1)

Synonyms
(short, unspecified period of time): instant, mo, moment, sec, second, tic
(unit of angular measure): minute of arc

Verb
en-verb|minut|ing

  1. transitive Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.

#:I’ll minute this evening’s meeting.

Translations
trans-top|to write
Dutch: t-|nl|notuleren,
Finnish: pitää pöytäkirjaa
German: t-|de|protokollieren, t-|de|aufzeichnen,
Greek: t-|el|Ï€Ïωτοκολλώ|trprotokoló|scGrek, t-|el|καταγÏάφω|trkatagráfo|scGrek
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Hebrew: t-|he|לסכ×|scHebr, t-|he|×œ×¨×©×•× ×‘×¤×¨×•×˜×•×§×•×œ|scHebr, t-|he|×œ×¨×©×•× ×¤×¨×•×˜×•×§×•×œ|sc=Hebr
Interlingua: minutar
Russian: веÑти протокол (vestí protokól)
Swedish: föra protokoll, protokollföra
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Quotations
1995, Edmund Dell, The Schuman Plan and the British Abdication of Leadership in Europe 1

1996, Peter Hinchliffe, The Other Battle 2
:The Commander-in-Chief of Bomber Command, Sir Richard Peirse, was sceptical of its findings, minuting, ‘I don’t think at this rate we could have hoped to produce the damage which is known to have been achieved.’
2003, David Roberts, Four Against the Arctic 3
:[...] Mr. Klingstadt, chief Auditor of the Admiralty of that city, sent for and examined them very particularly concerning the events which had befallen them; minuting down their answers in writing, with an intention of publishing himself an account of their extraordinary adventures.

Pronunciation 2
AHD|mīnyo͞ot'
IPA|/maɪˈnjuËt/
SAMPA|/maI'nju:t/
IPA|/mɪ'nɪt/ US
audio|en-us-minute-adjective.ogg|Audio (US)
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-njuËt|-njuËt, Rhymes:English:-nɪt|-nɪt

Etymology 2
From L. minutus.

Adjective
en-adj|minut|er

  1. Very small.

#:They found only minute quantities of chemical residue on his clothing.

  1. very careful and exact, giving small details.

Synonyms
infinitesimal, insignificant, minuscule, tiny

Antonyms
big, enormous, colossal, huge, significant, tremendous

Translations
trans-top|very small
Catalan: menut, diminut, minúscul m, menuda, diminuta, minúscula f
Dutch: t-|nl|minuscuul, t-|nl|minuscule, t-|nl|onbeduidend, t-|nl|onbeduidende, t-|nl|nietig, t-|nl|nietige,
Finnish: t-|fi|pienenpieni,
French: t+|fr|minuscule
German: t-|de|winzig,
Greek: t-|el|μικÏοσκοπικός|m|trmikroskopikós|scGrek
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Hebrew: זעיר (zair) m (1), מפורט (meforat) m (2)
Interlingua: minuscule, minute
Italian: t+|it|minuscolo|m, t-|it|minuscola|f, t-|it|piccolissimo|m, t-|it|piccolissima|f
Polish: t-|pl|malutki,
Portuguese: t+|pt|minúsculo|m
Romanian: t-|ro|minuscul|m, t-|ro|minusculă|f
Swedish: t-|sv|mycket lite, t-|sv|väldigt lite
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Category:1000 English basic words
Category:English heteronyms
Category:Time
Category:Units of measure


French

Etymology
From ML. minuta.

Noun
fr-noun|f

  1. #Noun|minute

Interjection
minute! (or minute papillon)

  1. let a moment!

Italian

Adjective
infl|it|adjective|cat=adjective forms|feminine plural

  1. feminine plural of|minuto#Adjective|minuto tiny, minute; fine, delicate, detailed

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