minimal

• min. (abbreviation)

From minimum + -al.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈmɪn.ə.məl/

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minimal (comparative more minimal, superlative most minimal)

1. The smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree.

   Synonym: minimum

   Antonym: maximal

   With minimal effort, you won't be able to achieve all your dreams.

   1. (mathematics, technical) Among elements of some collection, such that no other element is greater (with respect to some given partial order).

      With respect to the ordering induced by set-theoretic inclusion, the power set of the set of natural numbers has a unique minimal element: the empty set.

2. (art) Characterised by the use of simple form or structures.
3. (music) Characterised by the repetition and gradual alteration of short phrases.

minimal (plural minimals)

1. Something very small; a tiny part or fragment.
   • 1994, David Holbrook, Creativity and Popular Culture, page 37:

     […] we seek in explaining mental phenomena and behavior always the "minimals," the little fragments of association, on which the mind is (passively) supposed to be based.

   • 1987, J. Golden Taylor, Western Literature Association (U.S.), A Literary History of the American West (page 451)

     […] identifications with birds, fish, trees, and flowers (and occasionally as relief, with the stillness of rocks, clam shells, driftwood, and nature's minimals); […]

• minimal on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Latin minimus (“smallest”).

minimal

1. minimal

   Synonym: asğariy

• Mirjejev, V. A.; Usejinov, S. M. (2002), Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎^[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN
• “minimal”, in Luğatçıq (in Russian)

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni.mal/

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minimal (feminine minimale, masculine plural minimaux, feminine plural minimales)

1. minimal

• paire minimale

• “minimal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• IPA^(key): /miniˈmaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

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minimal (strong nominative masculine singular minimaler, not comparable)

1. minimal

   Antonym: maximal

• “minimal” in Duden online
• “minimal”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)

Borrowed from Dutch minimaal.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /miˈnimal/ [miˈni.mal]
• Rhymes: -imal
• Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mal

minimal (comparative lebih minimal, superlative paling minimal)

1. minimal

• “minimal”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

minimal (not comparable)

1. minimal

Borrowed from English minimal. First attested in 1996.

minimal

1. minimal, minimalistic

   Synonyms: semplice, sobrio, essenziale

From Latin minimus.

minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)

1. minimal, minimum

• maksimal

• “minimal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin minimus.

minimal (neuter singular minimalt, definite singular and plural minimale)

1. minimal, minimum

• maksimal

• “minimal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: mi‧ni‧mal

minimal m or f (plural minimais)

1. minimal, minimum

   Synonym: mínimo

2. (not comparable, relational) of, or pertaining to, the minimum
3. (art) minimal (characterised by the use of simple form or structures)

   Synonym: minimalista

• minimalmente

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

Borrowed from French minimal. Equivalent to minim +‎ -al.

minimal m or n (feminine singular minimală, masculine plural minimali, feminine/neuter plural minimale)

1. minimal

   Synonym: minim

• minimaliza

• IPA^(key): /miniˈmal/ [mi.niˈmal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mal

minimal m or f (masculine and feminine plural minimales)

1. minimalistic

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minimal (comparative minimalare, superlative minimalast)

1. minimal; the smallest possible amount, quantity, or degree; as small as possible

   Antonym: maximal

   Kunde du inte hitta någon minimalare kjol??

   Sheesh, were you unable to find any smaller skirt than that??

• “minimal”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “minimal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “minimal”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Borrowed from English minimal.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈminimal/ [ˌmiː.n̪ɪˈmal]
    • Rhymes: -inimal
  • IPA^(key): /miniˈmal/ [mɪ.n̪ɪˈmal] (Spanish-influenced)
    • Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: mi‧ni‧mal

mínimál or minimál (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜒᜋᜎ᜔)

1. minimal

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