Minute

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1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.2.2 Synonyms 1.3 Transitive verb 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Antonyms 1.4.3 Translations

English

Pronunciation

[min-ute] /min'-it/

Noun

minute (plural minutes)

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

   You have one minute to complete the test.

2. A short but unspecified time period.

   Wait a minute, I'm not ready yet!

3. A unit of angular measure equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.

   We need to be sure these maps are accurate to within one minute.

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

   Let's look at the minutes of last week's meeting.

Translations

• Breton: munut m -où (1)
• Catalan: minut m (1)
• Dutch: minuut (1), notulen (plural) (4)
• Esperanto: minuto (1)
• Finnish: minuutti (1), hetki, hetkinen (2), minuutti (3), pöytäkirja (singular) (4)
• French: minute f (1), minute f (2), moment m (2), procès-verbal m (4)
• German: Minute f (1)
• Hebrew: (1) דקה
• Icelandic: mínúta (1)
• Indonesian: menit (1)
• Interlingua: minuta (1, 4)
• Italian: minuto m (1), attimo m (2), momento m (2)
• Japanese: 分 (ふん, fun) (1)
• Lithuanian: minutė f (1-3)
• Malay: minit (1)
• Norwegian: minutt (1)
• Polish: minuta (1)
• Portuguese: minuto (1)
• Romanian: minut n (1)
• Russian: минута (1), протокол (singular) (4)
• Spanish: minuto (1), minuta (4)
• Swedish: minut (1), ögonblick n (2), bågminut c (3), protokoll (singular) (4)
• Yiddish: (1) מינוט

Synonyms

• (2): moment, second
• (3): minute of arc

Transitive verb

to minute (past tense and past participle minuted)

1. To document (a meeting).

   I'll minute this evening's meeting.

Translations

• Dutch: notuleren
• Finnish: pitää pöytäkirjaa
• German: aufzeichnen
• Interlingua: minutar
• Russian: вести протокол
• Swedish: föra protokoll, protokollföra

Adjective

my-noot', my-nyoot', /maI'nju:t/

1. Very small.

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

Synonyms

• infinitesimal, insignificant, minuscule, tiny

Antonyms

• big, enormous, colossal, huge, tremendous

Translations

• Catalan: menut, diminut, minúscul m, menuda, diminuta, minúscula f
• Dutch: minuscuul, onbeduidend, nietig
• Finnish: pienenpieni
• French: minuscule
• German: winzig
• Interlingua: minuscule, minute
• Italian: minuscolo m, minuscola f, piccolissimo m, piccolissima f
• Polish: malutki
• Romanian: minuscul m, minusculă f
• Swedish: mycket lite, väldigt lite

Unintended humour may be found when supermarkets sell packets of "Two minute peas", presumably intended to be many quickly cooked peas rather than a pair of small ones.