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minimal

See also: minimál and mini-mal

English

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Etymology

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From minimum +‎ -al.

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minimal (comparative more minimal, superlative most minimal)

  1. The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.
    Synonym: minimum
    Antonym: maximal
    With minimal effort, you won't be able to achieve all your dreams.
    1. (mathematics, technical) Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).
      With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the power set of the set of natural numbers has a unique minimal element: the empty set.
  2. (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
  3. (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

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minimal (plural minimals)

  1. Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
    • 1994, David Holbrook, Creativity and Popular Culture, page 37:
      […] we seek in explaining mental phenomena and behavior always the "minimals," the little fragments of association, on which the mind is (passively) supposed to be based.
    • 1987, J. Golden Taylor, Western Literature Association (U.S.), A Literary History of the American West (page 451)
      […] identifications with birds, fish, trees, and flowers (and occasionally as relief, with the stillness of rocks, clam shells, driftwood, and nature's minimals); […]

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Crimean Tatar

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Etymology

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From Latin minimus (“smallest”).

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minimal

  1. minimal
    Synonym: asğariy

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  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
  • “minimal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

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minimal (feminine minimale, masculine plural minimaux, feminine plural minimales)

  1. minimal

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German

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minimal (strong nominative masculine singular minimaler, not comparable)

  1. minimal
    Antonym: maximal

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Positive forms of minimal (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist minimal sie ist minimal es ist minimal sie sind minimal
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative minimaler minimale minimales minimale
genitive minimalen minimaler minimalen minimaler
dative minimalem minimaler minimalem minimalen
accusative minimalen minimale minimales minimale
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der minimale die minimale das minimale die minimalen
genitive des minimalen der minimalen des minimalen der minimalen
dative dem minimalen der minimalen dem minimalen den minimalen
accusative den minimalen die minimale das minimale die minimalen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein minimaler eine minimale ein minimales (keine) minimalen
genitive eines minimalen einer minimalen eines minimalen (keiner) minimalen
dative einem minimalen einer minimalen einem minimalen (keinen) minimalen
accusative einen minimalen eine minimale ein minimales (keine) minimalen

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  • “minimal” in Duden online
  • “minimal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Interlingua

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minimal (not comparable)

  1. minimal

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English minimal. First attested in 1996.

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minimal

  1. minimal, minimalistic
    Synonyms: semplice, sobrio, essenziale

Norwegian Bokmål

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From Latin minimus.

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minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)

  1. minimal, minimum

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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From Latin minimus.

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minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)

  1. minimal, minimum

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Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mal

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minimal m or f (plural minimais)

  1. minimal, minimum
    Synonym: mínimo
  2. (not comparable, relational) of, or pertaining to, the minimum
  3. (art) minimal (characterised by the use of simple form or structures)
    Synonym: minimalista

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French minimal. Equivalent to minim +‎ -al.

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minimal m or n (feminine singular minimală, masculine plural minimali, feminine and neuter plural minimale)

  1. minimal
    Synonym: minim

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singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite minimal minimală minimali minimale
definite minimalul minimala minimalii minimalele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite minimal minimale minimali minimale
definite minimalului minimalei minimalilor minimalelor
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Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /miniˈmal/ [mi.niˈmal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mal

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minimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural minimales)

  1. minimalistic

Swedish

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minimal (comparative minimalare, superlative minimalast)

  1. minimal; the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree; as small as possible
    Antonym: maximal
    Kunde du inte hitta någon minimalare kjol??
    Sheesh, were you unable to find any smaller skirt than that??

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Inflection of minimal
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular minimal minimalare minimalast
neuter singular minimalt minimalare minimalast
plural minimala minimalare minimalast
masculine plural2 minimale minimalare minimalast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 minimale minimalare minimalaste
all minimala minimalare minimalaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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