min
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Symbol
min
- (mathematics) minimum function
[edit] English
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min
[edit] Basque
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min
[edit] Crimean Tatar
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min
[edit] Danish
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Old Norse mínn
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[edit] Dutch
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[edit] Preposition
min
[edit] Verb
min
- The first-person singular present tense of minnen.
- The imperative of minnen.
[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Etymology
Esperanto first person singular pronoun mi + accusative/objective case ending -n
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min (accusative of mi)
- me, to me
[edit] Galician
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'min oblique (nominative eu, dative me, accusative me)
- me (singular first-person personal pronoun)
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[edit] Kurdish
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min
[edit] Maltese
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From Arabic
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min
[edit] Mandarin
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min
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, mīn, mín, mǐn, or mìn.
[edit] Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
[edit] Old English
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Common Germanic *minaz, from Indo-European *meino-, from *mei (locative form of *me- ‘me’) + *-no- (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian mīn, Old Saxon mīn (Dutch mijn), Old High German mīn (German mein), Old Norse mínn (Swedish min), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /mi:n/
[edit] Pronoun
mīn
[edit] Old High German
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Common Germanic *minaz, whence also Old English mīn, Old Norse mínn
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mīn
[edit] Swedish
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From minut
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min
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Old Norse mínn
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Germanic Miene
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| Inflection for min | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite |
| Nominative | min | minen | miner | minerna |
| Genitive | mins | minens | miners | minernas |
min c. IPA: ˈmiːn

