mineur

• IPA^(key): /miˈnøːr/
• Hyphenation: mi‧neur
• Rhymes: -øːr

Borrowed from Middle French mineur.

mineur m (plural mineurs)

1. sapper, one who undermines enemy lines and fortifications
2. military engineer

Borrowed from French mineur.

mineur m or n (plural mineurs)

1. (music) minor scale

• in mineur
• mineurstemming
• mineurtoonsoort

mineur (not comparable)

1. minor (mostly limited to technical jargon)
2. down, depressed, sad

• IPA^(key): /mi.nœʁ/

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• Rhymes: -œʁ

Borrowed from Latin minor. Compare the inherited doublet moindre.

mineur (feminine mineure, masculine plural mineurs, feminine plural mineures)

1. minor

   Antonym: majeur

2. underage, minor, juvenile

   Antonym: majeur

3. (music) minor

• → Persian: مینور (minor)

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineure)

1. minor (as defined by the age of majority)

   Antonym: majeur

• → Dutch: mineur

From miner +‎ -eur.

mineur m (plural mineurs, feminine mineuse)

1. miner

• → German: Mineur

• “mineur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• rumine, ruminé

mineur (comparative lebih mineur, superlative paling mineur)

1. (music) alternative spelling of minor

Borrowing from French mineur. The inherited form is mënào

• IPA^(key): /miˈnør/

mineur m

1. miner