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/mi.nœʁ/
Translation
minor, under-age person; miner
Word origin
From Latin minor ('smaller, lesser'), which gives the sense of a person below the legal age. The pit worker is a separate word, formed on mine.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- minor
- English cognates
- minor, minus
Grammar
Examples
' aux .
They do not serve alcohol to minors in this bar.
.
The judge decided to protect the minor.
au .
The miners worked deep underground.
.
An under-age person cannot drive this car.
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His father was a miner in the north of the country.
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