minor

Etymology
From, , , etc., from both directly and via  and , , etc. but not. Cognate with, , , , and possibly. Compare 🇨🇬 and, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Adjective

 * 1) Lesser, smaller in importance, size, degree, seriousness, or significance compared to another option, particularly:
 * 2) * 1551, Thomas Wilson, The Rule of Reason..., sig. F8:
 * Here we se thre proposicions, or sentences, whereof the first is called Maior, that is to saie, the proposicion at large. the seconde is called Minor, that is to saie, the seuerall proposicion. the thirde is called conclusio.
 * 1) * 1819 January 2,, letter:
 * It is my intention to wait a few years before I publish any minor poems.
 * 1)  Underage, not having reached legal majority.
 * 2)  Not serious, not involving risk of death, permanent injury, dangerous surgery, or extended hospitalization.
 * 3) * 1899 October, Edward Pollock Anshutz, Homoepathic Envoy, Vol. 10, No. 8, p. 58:
 * We now know on authority of Dr. Briggs that every case of vaccination is "a minor case of smallpox," and that every such case of smallpox "should be carefully watched until all danger is passed".
 * 1)  Smaller by a diatonic semitone than the equivalent major interval.
 * 2)  Incorporating a minor third interval above the  tonic or  root note,  tending to produce a dark, discordant, sad, or pensive effect.
 * 3)  Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.
 * 4)  Of or related to a minor, a determinate obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns from a matrix.
 * 5)  Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.
 * 6)  The younger of two pupils with the same surname.
 * 7) * c. 1593, Henry Chettle, Kind-harts Dreame, sig. C2:
 * He whipt her with a foxes taile, Barnes minor, And he whipt her with a foxes taile, Barnes maior.
 * 1)  Of or related to the relationship between the longa and the breve in a score.
 * 2)  Having semibreves twice as long as a minim.
 * 3) * 1969, Arthur Mendel, "Some Preliminary Attempts at Computer-Assisted Style Analysis in Music", Computers and the Humanities, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 45:
 * works in minor prolation—that is, works in which the signature indicates that a semibreve is equal to two minims, often have a 3 as a medial signature for a few measures, indicating that until the 3 is canceled by the reappearance of a sign for minor prolation, there are to be 3 minims to a semibreve.
 * 1)  Of or related to a minority party.
 * 2) * 1796 December 27,, letter:
 * In every other, the minor will be preferred by me to the major vote.
 * 1) Having little worth or ability; paltry; mean.
 * 1)  Of or related to a minor, a secondary area of undergraduate study.
 * 2)  Of or related to a minor, a determinate obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns from a matrix.
 * 3)  Acting as the subject of the second premise of a categorical syllogism, which then also acts as the subject of its conclusion.
 * 4)  The younger of two pupils with the same surname.
 * 5) * c. 1593, Henry Chettle, Kind-harts Dreame, sig. C2:
 * He whipt her with a foxes taile, Barnes minor, And he whipt her with a foxes taile, Barnes maior.
 * 1)  Of or related to the relationship between the longa and the breve in a score.
 * 2)  Having semibreves twice as long as a minim.
 * 3) * 1969, Arthur Mendel, "Some Preliminary Attempts at Computer-Assisted Style Analysis in Music", Computers and the Humanities, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 45:
 * works in minor prolation—that is, works in which the signature indicates that a semibreve is equal to two minims, often have a 3 as a medial signature for a few measures, indicating that until the 3 is canceled by the reappearance of a sign for minor prolation, there are to be 3 minims to a semibreve.
 * 1)  Of or related to a minority party.
 * 2) * 1796 December 27,, letter:
 * In every other, the minor will be preferred by me to the major vote.
 * 1) Having little worth or ability; paltry; mean.
 * 1)  Having semibreves twice as long as a minim.
 * 2) * 1969, Arthur Mendel, "Some Preliminary Attempts at Computer-Assisted Style Analysis in Music", Computers and the Humanities, Vol. 4, No. 1, p. 45:
 * works in minor prolation—that is, works in which the signature indicates that a semibreve is equal to two minims, often have a 3 as a medial signature for a few measures, indicating that until the 3 is canceled by the reappearance of a sign for minor prolation, there are to be 3 minims to a semibreve.
 * 1)  Of or related to a minority party.
 * 2) * 1796 December 27,, letter:
 * In every other, the minor will be preferred by me to the major vote.
 * 1) Having little worth or ability; paltry; mean.
 * 1) Having little worth or ability; paltry; mean.

Usage notes
In music and some educated contexts (particularly in borrowings directly from Latin), used as a postpositive: E minor, Friars Minor, Rayburn Minor.

Synonyms

 * See Thesaurus:insignificant and Thesaurus:small

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ubetydelig
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: negrava
 * Finnish:, vähämerkityksinen
 * French:
 * Friulian: minôr
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Italian:
 * Polish: pomniejszy, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots: smaa
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, tâlî
 * Ukrainian: незначни́й, другоря́дний, дрібни́й


 * Afrikaans: mineur
 * Bulgarian: минорен
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: moll
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Maori: tāheke
 * Persian: مینور
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Turkish:


 * Czech:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:

Noun

 * 1)  A child, a person who has not reached the age of majority, consent, etc. and is legally subject to fewer responsibilities and less accountability and entitled to fewer legal rights and privileges.
 * 2) A lesser person or thing, a person, group, or thing of minor rank or in the minor leagues.
 * , scale, mode, key, chord, triad, etc.
 * 1)  A formally recognized secondary area of undergraduate study, requiring fewer course credits than the equivalent major.
 * 2)  A person who is completing or has completed such a course of study.
 * 3)  A determinant of a square matrix obtained by deleting one or more rows and columns.
 * : a Franciscan friar, a Clarist nun.
 * 1)   or .
 * : the lower level of teams.
 * : a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes unless the opposing team scores.
 * : a one-point kick.
 * : a lesser score formerly gained by certain actions.
 * 1)  ; a card of a minor suit.
 * 2)  Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the  and Mesoligia genera.
 * 3)  A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
 * 4)  Changes rung on six bells.
 * 5)  An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.
 * , the amount subtracted from a number.
 * 1)  The younger brother of a pupil.
 * : the lower level of teams.
 * : a penalty requiring a player to leave the ice for 2 minutes unless the opposing team scores.
 * : a one-point kick.
 * : a lesser score formerly gained by certain actions.
 * 1)  ; a card of a minor suit.
 * 2)  Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the  and Mesoligia genera.
 * 3)  A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
 * 4)  Changes rung on six bells.
 * 5)  An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.
 * , the amount subtracted from a number.
 * 1)  The younger brother of a pupil.
 * 1)  Any of various noctuid moths in Europe and Asia, chiefly in the  and Mesoligia genera.
 * 2)  A leaf-cutter worker ant intermediate in size between a minim and a media.
 * 3)  Changes rung on six bells.
 * 4)  An adolescent, a person above the legal age of puberty but below the age of majority.
 * , the amount subtracted from a number.
 * 1)  The younger brother of a pupil.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: minderjarige
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: azyaşlı
 * Belarusian: непаўнале́тні, малале́тні
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:, menor d'etat
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: mindreårig
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: neplenaĝulo
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: minôr
 * Galician:, menor de idade
 * German:, , minderjährige Person
 * Hebrew:, קְטִינָה
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: mionaoiseach
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Ladin: mender
 * Latvian: nepilngadīgs
 * Macedonian: малолетен
 * Occitan:
 * Persian: کسی که زیر سن قانونی است
 * Polish:, nieletnia, , niepełnoletnia, , małoletnia, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: neplnoletý
 * Spanish:, menor de edad
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: menor de edad
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:, rüşte ermemiş, reşit olmayan, ergin olmayan
 * Ukrainian: неповнолі́тній, малолі́тній
 * Welsh: plant dan oed


 * Afrikaans: byvak, keusevak
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 輔修, 副修, 輔系
 * Danish: bifag
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, sivuaineopiskelija
 * German: Nebenfach
 * Russian: непро́фильный предме́т
 * Tagalog: kalit-an
 * Turkish:

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 輔修
 * Finnish: suorittaa sivuaine

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  smaller

Adjective

 * 1) the smallest

Etymology 1
From, from. Related to.

Adjective

 * 1) less, lesser, inferior, smaller
 * 2) cheaper
 * 3) younger
 * 1) cheaper
 * 2) younger

Noun

 * 1) subordinate, minor, inferior in rank
 * 2) person under age (e.g. 25 years old), minor
 * 3)  children; descendants, posterity

Etymology 2
From. .

Verb

 * 1)  to jut forth, protrude, project, tower
 * 2)   to threaten, menace

Etymology
, from.