la
feminine
/mi.nyt/
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Translation
minute
Word origin
From Medieval Latin minuta ('a small part'), from Latin minutus ('small, diminished'), past participle of minuere ('to lessen'). The minute is a 'minute' (small) division of the hour.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- minutus
- English cognates
- minute, minor, diminish
Grammar
Genderfeminine
Examples
, .
Wait a minute, I need to check something.
l' '.
He finished the exam at the last minute as usual.
observee .
A minute of silence was observed in his memory.
- .
Give me a minute to finish replying to this message.
, dépêchons- .
The train will leave in ten minutes, let's hurry up a bit.
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