mineur
See also: Mineur
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /miˈnøːr/
- Hyphenation: mi‧neur
- Rhymes: -øːr
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French mineur.
Noun
mineur m (plural mineurs)
- sapper, one who undermines enemy lines and fortifications
- military engineer
Etymology 2
Noun
mineur m, n (plural mineurs)
Derived terms
- in mineur
- mineurstemming
- mineurtoonsoort
Adjective
mineur (not comparable)
Inflection
| Inflection of mineur | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | mineur | |||
| inflected | mineure | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | mineur | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | mineure | ||
| n. sing. | mineur | |||
| plural | mineure | |||
| definite | mineure | |||
| partitive | mineurs | |||
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.nœʁ/
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audio (file) - Rhymes: -œʁ
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin minor. Compare the doublet moindre.
Adjective
mineur (feminine singular mineure, masculine plural mineurs, feminine plural mineures)
Antonyms
Noun
mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineure)
- A minor (as defined by the age of majority)
Antonyms
Etymology 2
Noun
mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineuse)
- A miner
Anagrams
Further reading
- “mineur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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