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5-letter words (2 found)

MINUS,MUNIS,

4-letter words (6 found)

MUNI,MUNS,NIMS,SUMI,SUNI,UNIS,

3-letter words (16 found)

INS,ISM,MIS,MUN,MUS,NIM,NIS,NUS,SIM,SIN,SUI,SUM,SUN,UMS,UNI,UNS,

2-letter words (9 found)

IN,IS,MI,MU,NU,SI,UM,UN,US,

You can make 33 words from minus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of minus

minus imnus mnius nmius inmus nimus miuns imuns muins umins iumns uimns mnuis nmuis munis umnis numis unmis inums niums iunms uinms nuims unims minsu imnsu mnisu nmisu inmsu nimsu misnu imsnu msinu sminu ismnu simnu mnsiu nmsiu msniu smniu nsmiu snmiu insmu nismu isnmu sinmu nsimu snimu miusn imusn muisn umisn iumsn uimsn misun imsun msiun smiun ismun simun musin umsin msuin smuin usmin sumin iusmn uismn isumn siumn usimn suimn mnusi nmusi munsi umnsi numsi unmsi mnsui nmsui msnui smnui nsmui snmui musni umsni msuni smuni usmni sumni nusmi unsmi nsumi snumi usnmi sunmi inusm niusm iunsm uinsm nuism unism insum nisum isnum sinum nsium snium iusnm uisnm isunm siunm usinm suinm nusim unsim nsuim snuim usnim sunim

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Definitions and meaning of minus

minus

Etymology

From Middle English mynus, from Latin minus, neuter form of minor, comparative form of parvus (“small, little”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *mey- (“few, small”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: mīn-əs, IPA(key): /ˈmaɪnəs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnəs

Preposition

minus

  1. (mathematics) Made less or reduced by (followed by an expression of number or quantity). [from 15th c.]
    Antonym: plus
  2. (informal) Without; deprived of. [from 19th c.]
    Synonyms: lacking, without

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

minus (plural minuses or minusses)

  1. (mathematics) The minus sign (−). [from 16th c.]
  2. (mathematics) A negative quantity. [from 18th c.]
  3. A downside or disadvantage. [from 20th c.]

Synonyms

  • (defect or deficiency): defect, deficiency, drawback, flaw, shortcoming

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "minus sign"): plus, plus sign
  • (antonym(s) of "negative quantity"): positive
  • (antonym(s) of "defect or deficiency"): advantage, bonus, boon, gain, plus

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

minus (not comparable)

  1. Being a negative quantity; pertaining to a deficit or reduction. [from 18th c.]
    a minus number
  2. That is below zero by (a specified amount) on a scale. [from 19th c.]
    minus seven degrees
  3. (colloquial, obsolete) Worse off than before; out of pocket. [19th c.]
    • 1808–10, William Hickey, Memoirs of a Georgian Rake, Folio Society 1995, p. 301:
      The races being finished, we left Epsom for London, Mordaunt's natural vile temper not being at all improved by being three hundred pounds minus by the week's speculation […] .
  4. (postpositive) Ranking just below (a designated rating). [from 19th c.]
    He got a grade of B minus for his essay.

Synonyms

  • (negative): negative
  • (on the negative part of a scale): below zero (after the noun)

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

minus (third-person singular simple present minuses or minusses, present participle minusing or minussing, simple past and past participle minused or minussed)

  1. (transitive, colloquial) To subtract. [from 20th c.]

See also

  • subtract
  • subtraction

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “minus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • “minus”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • in sum, munis, simun

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin minus (“less”).

Noun

minus

  1. minus

Declension

References

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

Czech

Etymology

Derived from Latin minus, from minor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmiːnus]

Adverb

minus

  1. minus

Noun

minus m inan or n

  1. minus
    Antonym: plus

Declension

when masculine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

Related terms

Further reading

  • minus in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • minus in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • minus in Internetová jazyková příručka

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈminus]
  • Audio:
  • Rhymes: -inus
  • Hyphenation: mi‧nus

Conjunction

minus

  1. minus
    Antonym: plus
    Tri minus du estas unu. ― Three minus two is one.

Adjective

minus

  1. minus

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmiːnʊs]

Adverb

minus

  1. (mathematics) minus, less
    Synonym: weniger
    Antonym: plus
    vier minus drei ist eins. ― 4–3=1

See also

  • Minus

Interlingua

Adverb

minus (not comparable)

  1. less (used to form comparatives)

le minus

  1. the least (used to form superlatives)

Antonyms

  • plus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *minos. Related to minor.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nus/, [ˈmɪnʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.nus/, [ˈmiːnus]

Adjective

minus

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular of minor

Adverb

minus

  1. comparative degree of parum (“very little, too few, not enough”) [2]
  2. comparative degree of paulum (“very little”)
    sīn minus/aliter/secus ― otherwise, if not

Descendants

References

  • “minus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sin in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
  • “minus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • minus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin minus.

Adverb

minus

  1. minus

Derived terms

  • minustegn

References

  • “minus” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
  • “minus_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin minus.

Adverb

minus

  1. minus

Derived terms

  • minusteikn

References

  • “minus” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmi.nus/
  • Rhymes: -inus
  • Syllabification: mi‧nus

Noun

minus m inan

  1. minus, minus sign
    Antonym: plus

Declension

Further reading

  • minus in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • minus in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minus.

Adverb

minus

  1. minus

Noun

minus n (plural minusuri)

  1. minus

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

mínus m (Cyrillic spelling ми́нус)

  1. minus sign
  2. minuns, defect, deficiency

Declension

Swedish

Noun

minus n

  1. minus sign, minus

Preposition

minus

  1. (mathematics) minus

Derived terms

  • minusa

Veps

Pronoun

minus

  1. inessive of minä

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