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- DictionaryMi·nor/ˈmīnər/
adjective
- 1. lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance: "minor alterations"
- 2. (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth.
noun
- 1. a person under the age of full legal responsibility: "the court would take account of the minor's wishes"
- 2. a minor key, interval, or scale.
verb
- 1. study or qualify in as a subsidiary subject at college or university: North American "Clark had minored in Animal Science"
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Definition of minor adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
minor. In the United States, a minor is any individual under the specified “ age of majority ” for their state or territory., All states define an age of majority, which is usually set at 18, but states like Indiana and Mississippi set it at 21, while in Alabama, Colorado, Maryland, or Nebraska, the age of majority is 19.
MINOR definition: 1. not important or serious: 2. in music, belonging to a key (= set of musical notes) that often…. Learn more.
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Alternative forms
1. (all): miner, maner, minore, minour, mynor, mynour, mynowr (obsolete) 2. (postnominal): mi
Etymology
From Middle English minor, menor, menour, etc., from Latin minor (“lesser; young; young person”) both directly and via Norman and Middle French menor, menour, etc. Doublet of minus but not mini-. Cognate with minister, minify, Minorca, Menshevik, and possibly minnow. Compare Latin minimum and minuō, Old High German minniro, Cornish minow.
Pronunciation
1. (General American) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.nəɹ/ 2. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪnə/ 3. Homophones: miner, mynah (non-rhotic accents) 4. Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)
Etymology
From Latin minor.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): [ˈminɔr] 2. Hyphenation: mi‧nor
Adjective
minor 1. minor. 1.1. Antonym: mayor
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /miˈnor/
Adjective
minor (not comparable) 1. (comparative degree of parve) smaller
Adjective
minor (apocopated) 1. Apocopic form of minore
Anagrams
1. normi
Pronunciation
1. (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nor/, [ˈmɪnɔr] 2. (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nor/, [ˈmiːnor]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *minwōs, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Related to minuō (“to make smaller, to lessen; to grow less”).
Etymology 2
From minae (“threats, menaces”) + -ō (verbal suffix). Doublet of minō.
Etymology
Borrowed from French mineur, from Latin minor.
Adjective
minor m or n (feminine singular minoră, masculine plural minori, feminine and neuter plural minore) 1. minor
The meaning of MINOR is inferior in importance, size, or degree : comparatively unimportant. How to use minor in a sentence.
adjective. 1 lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance: she requested a number of minor alterations. More example sentences Synonyms. 2 Music (of a scale) having intervals of a semitone between the second and third degrees, and (usually) the fifth and sixth, and the seventh and eighth. Contrasted with major.
minors (North American English) the minor leagues in baseball or American football Salinas was one of six teams in the minors 4. (North American English) a student's subsidiary subject or course a minor in philosophy 5. (Logic) a minor term or premise 6. (Bridge) short for minor suit a bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors 7.
