menor

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [məˈnor]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [məˈno]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [meˈnoɾ]

menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menors)

1. lower, low
2. minor, small
3. (music) minor

menor m or f by sense (plural menors)

1. minor (person who is below the age of majority)

   Synonym: menor d'etat

• “menor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “menor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “menor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

menor m or f (plural menores)

1. minor, lesser

   Antonym: maior

2. (music) minor

   Antonym: maior

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

menor (oblique singular, nominative singular meindre)

1. smaller
2. smallest
3. very small

• Bretaigne la Menur

• → English: minor
• French: mineur, moindre (from the nominative singular)

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (menor)
• menur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -ɔɾ, (Brazil) -ɔʁ
• Hyphenation: me‧nor

menor m or f (plural menores)

1. (followed by que) comparative degree of pequeno; smaller

   Antonym: maior

   Laranjas são menores que melancias.

   Oranges are smaller than watermelons.

2. (preceded by a definite article) superlative degree of pequeno; smallest

   Antonym: maior

   O Sergipe é o menor estado do Brasil.

   Sergipe is the smallest state in Brazil.

3. minor, lesser

   Antonym: maior

   um inimigo menor

   a lesser enemy

4. (law, of a person) underage (below legal adulthood)

   Synonym: (proscribed) de menor

menor m or f by sense (plural menores)

1. (law) minor, underage (person below the legal age of responsibility or accountability)

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

• IPA^(key): /meˈnoɾ/ [meˈnoɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: me‧nor

menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menores)

1. comparative degree of pequeño: smaller

   Antonym: mayor

2. comparative degree of joven: younger

   Antonym: mayor

3. minor
   • 2016, Anuel AA, No Soy Romántico:

     Aquí no hay menores; todos somos adultos.

     There are no minors here; we're all adults.

4. (el menor) superlative degree of pequeño: smallest
5. (el menor) superlative degree of joven: youngest

menor m or f by sense (plural menores)

1. minor; child

• “menor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014