menor

See also: Menor

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məˈnor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məˈno]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [meˈnoɾ]

Adjective

menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menors)

1. lower, low
2. minor, small
3. (music) minor

Noun

menor m or f by sense (plural menors)

1. minor (person who is below the age of majority)

   Synonym: menor d'etat

Further reading

• “menor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “menor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “menor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

Adjective

menor m or f (plural menores)

1. minor, lesser

   Antonym: maior

2. (music) minor

   Antonym: maior

Old French

Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

Adjective

menor (oblique singular, nominative singular meindre)

1. smaller
2. smallest
3. very small

Derived terms

• Bretaigne la Menur

Descendants

• → English: minor
• French: mineur, moindre (from the nominative singular)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (menor)
• menur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnɔʁ/ [meˈnɔh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnɔʁ/ [meˈnɔh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /meˈnɔɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /meˈnɔʁ/ [meˈnɔχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /meˈnɔɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnɔɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnɔɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɨˈnɔ.ɾi/

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
• Hyphenation: me‧nor

Adjective

menor m or f (plural menores)

1. (followed by que) comparative degree of pequeno; smaller

   Antonym: maior

   Laranjas são menores que melancias.

   Oranges are smaller than watermelons.

2. (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of pequeno; smallest

   Antonym: maior

   O Sergipe é o menor estado do Brasil.

   Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil.

3. minor, lesser

   Antonym: maior

   um inimigo menor

   a lesser enemy

4. (law, of a person) underage (below legal adulthood)

   Synonym: (proscribed) de menor

Noun

menor m or f by sense (plural menores)

1. (law) minor, underage (person below the legal age of responsibility or accountability)

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meˈnoɾ/ [meˈnoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: me‧nor

Adjective

menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menores)

1. comparative degree of pequeño: smaller

   Antonym: mayor

2. comparative degree of joven: younger

   Antonym: mayor

3. minor
   • 2016, Anuel AA, No Soy Romántico:

     Aquí no hay menores; todos somos adultos.

     There are no minors here; we're all adults.

4. (el menor) superlative degree of pequeño: smallest
5. (el menor) superlative degree of joven: youngest

Derived terms

• aguas menores
• arce menor
• caza menor
• centáurea menor
• chinchilla menor
• de menor cuantía
• en cuarto menor
• en folio menor
• en octavo menor
• en paños menores
• en ropas menores
• escaña menor
• hurón menor
• inmortal menor
• lampazo menor
• menor de edad
• menormente
• Osa Menor
• pico menor
• pormenor
• saúco menor
• venta al por menor

 

Related terms

• menos
• minoría

 

Noun

menor m or f by sense (plural menores)

1. minor; child

Derived terms

• abuso de menores
• correccional de menores
• corrupción de menores
• tráfico de menores
• tribunal de menores
• Tribunal Tutelar de Menores

 

Further reading

• “menor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014