minim
/ˈmɪ.nɪm/noun
minim is spelled M-I-N-I-M: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, minim means “A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of minim is minims.
How many letters and syllables are in minim?
| Letters | 5: M-I-N-I-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 95,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is minim?
Minim appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 95,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce minim?
- /ˈmɪ.nɪm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-minim.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-JutishMale-minim.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of minim
- minims plural
- minom
- minum
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does minim mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A half note, drawn as a semibreve with a stem.
- 2
A unit of volume, in the Imperial and U.S. customary systems, ¹⁄₆₀ fluid drachm. Approximately equal to 1 drop, 62 μL or 0.9 grain (weight) of water.
- 3
A short vertical stroke used in handwriting.
- 4
Anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like.
the minims of existence
- 5
The smallest kind of worker in a leaf-cutter ant colony.
- 6
A little man or being; a dwarf.
- 7
A small fish; a minnow.
- 8
A short poetical encomium.
noun
- 1
A member of a Roman Catholic religious order of friars founded by Saint Francis of Paola in fifteenth-century Italy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate minim?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of minim: m.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Minim in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense half note:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does minim come from?
Borrowed from French minime.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).