minimum
French, noun/mi.ni.mɔm/
minimum is spelled M-I-N-I-M-U-M (7 letters) and appears 45 times per million words in written French, the 1,857th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minimum is a French masculine noun meaning “minimum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Plus petite somme dans l’ordre des sommes dont il s’agit”.
What does minimum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineminimum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à la limite inférieure d’une chose.
noun: 1. Plus petite somme dans l’ordre des sommes dont il s’agit. 2. Se dit encore de la moindre des peines que la loi inflige pour un crime, pour un délit. 3. Point le plus bas où une chose puisse être mise. 4. Plus petit degré auquel une grandeur puisse être réduite.
adverb: 1. Au minimum.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of minimum
- minima plural
- minimums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce minimum?
- /mi.ni.mɔm/
- \mi.ni.mɔm\
- [mi.ni.mɔm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to minimum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is minimum in French?
minimum appears 45 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).