minus
French, noun/mi.nys/
minus is spelled M-I-N-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written French, the 31,863rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Minus is a French masculine noun meaning “idiot, imbecile” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Individu aux capacités intellectuelles limitées”.
What does minus mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatorymasculineidiot, imbecile
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Individu aux capacités intellectuelles limitées. 2. Individu minable, en particulier sans force physique, lâche.
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.
How do you pronounce minus?
- /mi.nys/
- \mi.nys\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is minus in French?
minus appears about once in every 1 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).