menor

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

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

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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, 2026
• “menor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Spanish menor.

• IPA^(key): /miˈnoɾ/ [mɪˈn̪oɾ̪]
• Hyphenation: me‧nor

menór (Badlit spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔) (of driving)

1. to slow down

   Synonym: pahinay

2. to shift to a lower gear

Inherited from Latin minōrem.

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

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)

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “menor”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.
• menur on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

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• 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, minor (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)

• “menor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “menor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Borrowed from Spanish menor, from Latin minōrem.

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

menór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)

1. of minor importance
2. young; not yet of age
3. (music) minor

menór (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜓᜇ᜔)

1. child of minor age
2. (music) minor key

   Synonym: modo menor

3. medium-rate acceleration (while driving a vehicle)
4. (figurative) slowing down

• “menor”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “menor”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

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